Cadence Before QED

Closural Rhetoric in a Department's Recorded Real-Analysis Lectures

A research poster from the School of Emergent Priorities reads 186 spoken proofs from one department's recorded second-year real-analysis lectures as musical phrases, classing each close by cadence type. The strongest close falls at the decisive step of the argument, the choice of delta, N or partition, in 58% of proofs and at the QED in only 23%, with lecturers slowing to about three-quarters of their running rate at the turn and delivering the QED close to tempo.

@misc{slop_az2tnh,
  author       = {Kwame Lindqvist and Lindiwe Achterberg and Thandiwe Solberg},
  title        = {Cadence Before QED: Closural Rhetoric in a Department's Recorded Real-Analysis Lectures},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.az2tnh},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-cadence-before-qed-az2tnh/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}