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{{Infobox Interval | {{Infobox Interval | ||
| | | Name = kalisma | ||
| | | Color name = 1oorrgg-2, Bilorugu comma | ||
| Comma = yes | |||
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'''9801/9800''', the '''kalisma''' | '''9801/9800''', the '''kalisma''', sometimes described as ''Gauss' comma'', is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[11-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 0.18{{cent}}. It is the smallest 11-limit [[superparticular]] interval. | ||
It factors into the two smallest 13-limit superparticular commas: 9801/9800 = 10648/10647 | It can be described as the difference between [[99/98]] and [[100/99]], and between [[99/70]] and its octave complement, [[140/99]]. It is also the difference between [[245/243]] and [[121/120]], and a stack of two 11/7's and 81/80 against 5/2. | ||
It factors into the two smallest 13-limit superparticular commas: 9801/9800 = ([[10648/10647]])([[123201/123200]]). | |||
== Temperaments == | == Temperaments == | ||
Tempering | [[Tempering out]] this comma leads to the '''kalismic temperament''', which splits the [[octave]] into two equal parts, each representing 99/70~140/99. Tempering it out also means that [[10/9]] and [[11/7]] are 1/2-octave apart, as well as are [[11/10]] and [[14/9]]. Odd-numbered edos cannot temper it out. See [[Rank-4 temperament #Kalismic (9801/9800)]] for some technical details. See [[Kalismic temperaments]] for a collection of rank-3 temperaments where it is tempered out. | ||
== Etymology == | |||
This comma was named ''kalisma'' by [[Margo Schulter]] in 2000 from the Greek root [[wiktionary:%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%8C%CF%82 #Ancient Greek|''kal-'' ("beautiful")]]<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_12989.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Re: Kalisma/xenisma (new names?) -- JI tuning and Scala file'']</ref>. [[Gene Ward Smith]], not aware of Margo's work, proposed ''gaussisma'' in 2004, reasoning that {{w|D. H. Lehmer}} claimed {{w|Carl Friedrich Gauss}} had mentioned the ratio<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_10130.html#10135 Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Re: {{lbrack}}tuning-math{{rbrack}} Digest Number 1011'']</ref>. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[List of superparticular intervals]] | * [[List of superparticular intervals]] | ||
== Notes == | |||
[[Category:Kalismic]] | [[Category:Kalismic]] | ||
[[Category:Commas named by translating something into another language]] | |||
[[Category:Commas named after mathematicians]] |