Is it possible to deduce the shape of a drum from the sounds it makes? This is the kind of question that Iosif Polterovich, a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Université de Montréal, likes to ask. Polterovich uses spectral geometry, a branch of mathematics, to understand physical phenomena involving wave propagation.
The full thing shows if you click the image
Well here I can see the “else print proof failed” stuff, but it’s not there when I do click the image.
It takes me to this image when I click it: https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2024/mathematicians-prove-p.jpg
Maybe I’m missing something but I get this one.
If you click on the image you get this:
Maybe I’m missing something but I get this one.