Euclidean rhythm

The Euclidean Rythm is described by Godfried T. Toussaint in a 2005 paper "The Euclidean Algorithm Generates Traditional Musical Rhythms" He describes how the Euclidean algorithm can generate most of the traditional European and African rhythms.

In the 17th century Conrad Henfling writing to Gottfried Leibniz about music theory and the tuning of musical instruments makes use of Euclid's algorithm in his reasoning.