Composition Memes

Musicians aren't bad at math - they're just playing by different rules! In music notation, 6/8 time isn't a fraction waiting to be simplified to 3/4. It tells you there are 6 eighth notes per measure, creating a completely different rhythmic feel than 3/4 time (which has 3 quarter notes per measure). It's like saying "why don't we just call all dogs 'small wolves'?" Sure, mathematically they might look equivalent, but try telling that to a conductor when you're playing a waltz instead of a jig! The beauty of music is that these "unsimplified fractions" create entirely different emotional experiences. Math and art collide in the most delightful way!

This is peak mathematical humor right here! The notation "f(Cat(cat))" is a brilliant play on function composition in math. In mathematics, when we write f(g(x)), it means applying function g to x first, then applying function f to the result. Here, we have a function "Cat" applied to a "cat," and then function "f" applied to that result—visually represented by a zoomed-in version of the same cat! It's essentially saying "the derivative of cat is bigger cat." The creator deserves a Fields Medal for this purrfect mathematical visualization.