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Pun aside, what is harmonic about the harmonic series or the harmonic average? I assume it has a direct connection to music, but I cannot see it.

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    http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/123620/why-are-harmonic-functions-called-harmonic-functions2012-07-26
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    To add to Byron's link: in particular look at [Henning's answer](http://math.stackexchange.com/a/123629/1543).2012-07-26
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    There is some discussion on why the harmonic mean is called *harmonic* on [this page](http://jeff560.tripod.com/h.html) of Jeff Miller's [Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics](http://jeff560.tripod.com/mathword.html).2012-07-26
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    Also, I've edited the title to distinguish this from the question about harmonic functions. I tried to keep the pun I thought you were going for.2012-07-26
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    @RahulNarain I appreciate that! And the link was very helpful.2012-07-26
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    Loved the pun. $\;\!$2014-03-22

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