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Yves Chiricota

Yves Chiricota
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Université du Québec á Chicoutimi
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I have always been drawn to music in all its forms. By the end of high school, my interest focused on the electronic synthesis of sound. Up to that point I had never thought of undertaking advanced studies in mathematics, but reading several articles in a music and computer science magazine led me in this direction. The articles discussed various techniques of sound analysis and synthesis involving Bessel functions, the Fourier transform, etc. Intrigued and wanting to understand these concepts, I decided to major in mathematics.

My interest in mathematics crystallized during the subsequent years. What attracted me was its aesthetic dimension, surely as profound as that of music—though without the sounds. I gradually began to do mathematics for its own sake, eventually obtaining a doctorate, all the while maintaining my musical interests. I pursued postdoctoral studies in computer science and afterwards was hired by a company that makes software for the garment industry. My background as researcher and mathematician played a prominent role in overcoming the challenges which confronted me in this line of work.

One of the main problems that I tackled at this time was the development of software which allowed a computer to produce 3D images of clothes starting from their 2D patterns. Mathematics played a crucial role in accomplishing this task and in particular geometry, numerical methods and differential equations were of essential importance. This was not an isolated phenomenon. Mathematics presented itself in all the problems I dealt with during this period.

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Publisher: Mathematical Association of America
Print publication year: 2014

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  • Yves Chiricota
  • Edited by Andrew Sterrett
  • Book: 101 Careers in Mathematics
  • Online publication: 05 September 2014
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.5948/9781614441168.024
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  • Yves Chiricota
  • Edited by Andrew Sterrett
  • Book: 101 Careers in Mathematics
  • Online publication: 05 September 2014
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.5948/9781614441168.024
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  • Yves Chiricota
  • Edited by Andrew Sterrett
  • Book: 101 Careers in Mathematics
  • Online publication: 05 September 2014
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.5948/9781614441168.024
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