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3 Sep
2026
How Close Can Two Beats Come Without Meeting?
Nancarrow’s Study No. 33 puts an irrational number between two musical tempos. Exact recurrence disappears in an ideal pulse model, while rational approximations, near-coincidences and composed convergence remain.
music
mathematics
rhythm