The Mathenæum Blog » Exponential Growth http://www.thewessens.net/blog Discussing mathematical explorations, games, and learning Fri, 03 Jul 2015 01:35:49 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.5 How many tunes? http://www.thewessens.net/blog/2015/05/21/how-many-tunes/ http://www.thewessens.net/blog/2015/05/21/how-many-tunes/#comments Thu, 21 May 2015 03:59:02 +0000 http://www.thewessens.net/blog/?p=480 Beginning in 2008, there was quite a hubbub in the Australian music industry. The publishing company, Larrikin Music, sued the iconic Australian band Men At Work claiming that the flute riff for their hit song Down Under was taken from …

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