Can We Hear Shapes? | Infinite Series | PBS Digital Studios

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you ?) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateinfi Mathematician Mark Kac asked the question “Can we hear the shape of a drum?” It was a question that took over 20 years to answer. Sine waves, fundamental frequencies, eigenvalues, this episode has got it all! Tweet at us! @pbsinfinite Facebook: facebook.com/pbsinfinite series Email us! pbsinfiniteseries [at] gmail [dot] com Previous Episode - Can You Solve the Poison Wine Challenge? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3qmN6pYhi0 Comments answered by Kelsey: Topi Viljamaa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3qmN6pYhi0&lc=z13yx5sravuhxf3fl23mx5lbzyyetjeii04 Christopher Bocksell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3qmN6pYhi0&lc=z131wns4awyvwlh3i223i324nvqmsd34304 Andrew Kozma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3qmN6pYhi0&lc=z134ijbw2m3ednscc22adh3aaqn5tfenw Gavin Claugus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3qmN6pYhi0&lc=z13juplomlbwtdgej22nynbwcymbgfpu5 Travis B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3qmN6pYhi0&lc=z13ohbojjmihw3u3m23bzpsxuojavvx3k Kemptonka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3qmN6pYhi0&lc=z12iejmp0rv0hfyjw04cdfszapvovlybozw0k Written and Hosted by Kelsey Houston-Edwards Produced by Rusty Ward Graphics by Ray Lux Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)