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Acoustics of the Indian Drum

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v1 math.MP

Abstract

This article investigates as to how the Indian Drums are able to produce harmonics. In particular, it looks at the density distribution on an Indian Drum, the Tabla, and shows that it is the form of the density distribution that results in harmonics.

Cite

@article{arxiv.math-ph/0001030,
  title  = {Acoustics of the Indian Drum},
  author = {Siddharth S Malu and Advaith Siddharthan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0001030},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

14 pages, 6 figures

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