Kesavan, S. (1998) Listening to the shape of a drum: 1. The mathematics of vibrating drums Resonance - Journal of Science Education, 3 (9). pp. 26-34. ISSN 0971-8044
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Abstract
A drum vibrates at distinct frequencies. These frequencies are related to the eigenvalues of a differential operator called the Laplacian. Mathematicians are interested in knowing how much geometric information about the domain (the surface of the drum) can be retrieved from the eigenvalues.
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