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{{Infobox Interval
{{Infobox Interval
| Icon =
| Ratio = 123201/123200
| Ratio = 123201/123200
| Monzo = -6 6 -2 -1 -1 2
| Cents = 0.01405
| Name = chalmersia
| Name = chalmersia
| Color name = Lathotholurugugu comma
| Color name = Lathotholurugugu comma
| FJS name =
| Comma = yes
| Sound =  
}}
}}
The '''chalmersia''' is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[13-limit]] [[comma]] with a [[ratio]] of '''123201/123200''' and a size of approximately 0.014 [[cent]]s. It is the smallest 13-limit [[superparticular]] comma.


The '''chalmersia'''<ref>As in [http://www.huygens-fokker.org/docs/intervals.html Huygens-Fokker Foundation's interval list]. There are other spelling variants that this comma sometimes goes by, including ''chalmersma'', ''chalmersima'', ''chalmerisma'' and ''chalmersisma'', though at least some of these are mistakes.</ref> is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[13-limit]] comma with a ratio of '''123201/123200''' and a value of approximately 0.014 [[cent]]s. Named in honor of [[John H. Chalmers]], it is the smallest 13-limit [[superparticular]] comma. Tempering it out equates [[351/350]] and [[352/351]], thus splitting [[176/175]] into two, and equates 385/351 and 351/320, thus splitting [[77/64]] into two – these are features highly characteristic of '''chalmers temperaments'''. In addition, it equates a stack consisting of a [[729/512]] tritone plus a [[169/128]] grave fourth with a stack consisting of a [[25/16]] augmented fifth plus a [[77/64]] minor third.  
It factors into the two smallest [[17-limit]] superparticular ratios: 123201/123200 = ([[194481/194480]])⋅([[336141/336140]]).
 
== Temperaments ==
[[Tempering out]] this comma in the full 13-limit gives the rank-5 '''chalmersic temperament'''. It equates [[351/350]] and [[352/351]], thus splitting [[176/175]] into two, and equates 385/351 and 351/320, thus splitting [[77/64]] into two. In addition, it equates a stack consisting of a [[729/512]] tritone plus a [[169/128]] grave fourth with a stack consisting of a [[25/16]] augmented fifth plus a [[77/64]] minor third; it splits [[81/77]] into two [[40/39]]'s; it splits [[11/7]] into two [[351/280]]'s; and it splits the pythagorean limma [[256/243]] into [[26/25]] and [[78/77]].
 
[[Subgroup]]: 2.3.5.7.11.13
 
[[Mapping]]: <br>
{| class="right-all"
| [⟨ || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 4 || ],
|-
| ⟨ || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || -3 || ],
|-
| ⟨ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ],
|-
| ⟨ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ],
|-
| ⟨ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || ]]
|}
: mapping generators: ~2, ~3, ~5, ~7, ~351/280
 
[[Optimal tuning]]s:
* [[WE]]: ~2 = 1200.000379{{c}}, ~3/2 = 701.953671{{c}}, ~5/4 = 386.313637{{c}}, ~7/4 = 968.825646{{c}}, ~351/280 = 391.246147{{c}}
* [[CWE]]: ~2 = 1200.000000{{c}}, ~3/2 = 701.953639{{c}}, ~5/4 = 386.313976{{c}}, ~7/4 = 968.825869{{c}}, ~351/280 = 391.246091{{c}}
 
{{Optimal ET sequence|legend=1| 12f, 19e, 22, 27e, 31, 46, 53, 58, 80, 104c, 111, 159, 190, 217, 224, 270, 494, 684, 764, 935, 954, 1178, 1236, 1448, 1506, 2190, 2684, 3395, 4079, 4349, 4843, 5585, 6079, 8269, 8539, … }}
 
[[Badness]] (Sintel): 0.0267
 
== Etymology ==
The chalmersia was named by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2003 after [[John Chalmers]]<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_7316.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Nameable 13-limit'']</ref>.
 
<blockquote>The remarkable 123201/123200 might be named the chalmersia, since John Chalmers is presumably the first to see it.</blockquote>
 
—Gene Ward Smith


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Unnoticeable comma]]
* [[List of superparticular intervals]]
* [[List of superparticular intervals]]


== References ==
== References ==
<references/>


[[Category:13-limit]]
[[Category:Chalmersic]]
[[Category:Unnoticeable comma]]
[[Category:Commas named after music theorists]]
[[Category:Ratio]]
[[Category:Superparticular]]
[[Category:Chalmers]]