Verse:Hmøøh/Segin Þwhgad

Reocht Afnín Scúdhainn (English: /roʊkt æf'niːn ˈskuːðɨn/ or /... 'sku:dɨn/; born: fT 2236, died: fT 2313 (aged 76) - Modern Tíogall has been established as a major language by the time Scúdhainn was born) was a Tíogall-speaking mathematician, composer and music theorist. Among Clotricians, she is often regarded as the greatest woman composer and mathematician who ever lived.

Traits

• She might not have been a music theorist - just a damn good mathematician-composer
• Basically a 20th-century mathematician living in the 18th or 19th century
• funny but is a bit of a jerk - is a colorful figure overall
• some sources of conflict (because she shouldn't be a Mary Sue):
  • her semi-narcissism?
  • with female gender role?
• harsh grader as a professor
• attractiveness: 4~6/10; not very feminine at all
• typical outfit?
  • "18th-century" "outdoors" outfit - with leather and metal
  • or a vegan one?
• Languages: - not a lot of languages, only enough to read most Talman mathematical literature and give lectures
  • Tíogall (native speaker)
  • Koine Netagin (non-native speaker)
  • Old Netagin (can read)

Historical backdrop

Mathematics

How much of math have they axiomatized - Set theory or an equivalent axiomatization.

Do they have category theory? - No, but they are close to having it.

What algebra/number theory/geometry stuff do they know?

• Algebra and geometry (pre-university)
• Physics
• Calculus; real and complex analysis (thanks to Càdlàg and [Netagin guy X])
• They just got abstract algebra

Music

What composers had been there? What styles, textures and harmony had they used?

Early life and education

Scúdhainn was born in the city of Flian (in the principality of Éise) to a semi-aristocratic background as the third of four children. Her father, Fúnchíd Scúdhainn, was a mathematics professor in the University of Flian who would compose in his spare time. Her mother, Osraí Brinne, was a socialite, classical ŋamas player and music teacher. Her father's father, Tafágh Scúdhainn, was an army officer, and her mother's brother, Lothair Brinne, was a seomhoidhre player.

A precocious tomboy, early on Reocht was taught mathematics and ŋamas by her parents. She started auditing music and math classes before she was 5. She was to a large extent self-taught in the boarding school math and music curriculum, seeking out math and music books to read in libraries, music to listen to, and instruments to learn to play. She was allowed to skip boarding school and to enroll in the University of Flian at age 10 by taking an entrance exam, and specialized in mathematics at age 16.

Around graduation, Scúdhainn began to study with composers such as Cosca Síomha and to develop a musical language characterized by showy, adventurous harmony. She was also skilled in counterpoint, which was already evident in her first "string quartet" (= piece for three ŋamsa and one ŋamsám, typically structured in several movements) which she finished at 16. In fT 2252 she attempted to win the prestigious composition prize Farcadh Dalóra, but failed. 4 On her second attempt in fT 2255 (at age 19) she won the prize with her [some cantata or mini-opera], marking the first time Farcadh Dalóra was won by a woman.

After winning Farcadh Dalóra Scúdhainn returned to the University of Flian as a doctoral student in mathematics, and was awarded a doctorate for her dissertation [something about algebraic curves?] (fT 2261) under the supervision of Líoc Dairsúŋán. Shortly thereafter, Scúdhainn accepted habilitation in the mathematics department of the University of Flian.

Later life

In fT 2300 (aged 63), she retired from her academic career and secluded herself, intending to focus solely on composition. She lived in a house in Sŋórán until she died of a stroke in fT 2313 (aged 76).

Compositions

Scúdhainn’s compositions, many of them commissioned, number about 250 works in total. Her style was described as “constrained composition” by critics, as she often tried to optimize for both economy/efficiency and expressiveness.

Scúdhainn's later works made use of her new ideas in music theory.

(Many of her “high-level” tempo markings and staff directions are in her native Tíogall – while “low-level” ones such as dynamics markings remain in Netagin.)

• 9 Xaetjeon Dances
• 6 string trios
• 12 string quartets
• 12 string quintets

Mathematical output

Scúdhainn contributed to algebra, number theory, and algebraic geometry.

Some Grothendieckian stuff?

Analytic number theory?

Theorems she is responsible for:

Personal life

A lesbian, Scúdhainn never married a man or had children. Owing to her temperament (no pun intended) and superficial charm, her relationships were many but typically short-lived. Her lovers included [insert some artists, writers, scientists here].