Harmonic series
The harmonic series appears across multiple disciplines with distinct meanings.
Meanings
- Harmonic series (music) — the natural overtones produced by a vibrating string or air column
- Harmonic series (mathematics) — the infinite sum 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + ... that diverges to infinity
- Harmonic series (physics) — frequencies or modes that are integer multiples of a fundamental frequency
Related
Sound, Musical instruments, Infinite series, Fourier analysis, Resonance, Periodic motion