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'''Nicholas Mercator''' was a German mathematician and music theorist. He is known largely for his far-reaching mathematical achievements outside the world of musical tuning, but he played a very large role in the ‘prehistory’ of [[regular temperament]] theory, laying many of its foundational concepts. | '''Nicholas Mercator''' was a German mathematician and music theorist. He is known largely for his far-reaching mathematical achievements outside the world of musical tuning, but he played a very large role in the ‘prehistory’ of [[regular temperament]] theory, laying many of its foundational concepts. | ||
He was one of the first people in the world to discuss the | He was one of the first people in the world to discuss the concepts of [[53edo]] and [[55edo]]. He discovered [[Holdrian comma#Mercator's comma, Mercator’s old comma, and the Holdrian comma|Mercator’s old comma]], related to 55edo, as well as the modern [[Mercator's comma]], a comma which later resulted in the important [[Mercator family]] of temperaments. He also played a major role in the discovery of the [[Holdrian comma]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:29, 12 June 2025
Nicholas Mercator was a German mathematician and music theorist. He is known largely for his far-reaching mathematical achievements outside the world of musical tuning, but he played a very large role in the ‘prehistory’ of regular temperament theory, laying many of its foundational concepts.
He was one of the first people in the world to discuss the concepts of 53edo and 55edo. He discovered Mercator’s old comma, related to 55edo, as well as the modern Mercator's comma, a comma which later resulted in the important Mercator family of temperaments. He also played a major role in the discovery of the Holdrian comma.
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