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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">A **combination product set** is a [[scale]] generated by the following means:


# A set S of n positive real numbers is the starting point.
A '''combination product set''' ('''CPS''') is a [[scale|scale]] generated by the following means:
# All the combinations of k elements of the set are obtained, and their products taken.
# These are combined into a set, and then all of the elements of that set are divided by one of them (which one is arbitrary; if a canonical choice is required the smallest element could be used).
# The resulting elements are reduced to an octave and sorted in ascending order, resulting in an octave period of a [[periodic scale]] (the usual sort of scale, in other words) which we may call Cps(S, k).


This is sometimes called a k)n cps. There are special names for special cases: a 2)4 cps is called a [[hexany]]; both 2)5 and 3)5 cps are called [[dekanies]]; both 2)6 and 4)6 cps are called [[pentadekanies]], and a 3)6 cps an [[eikosany]]. These are normally considered in connection with just intonation, so that the starting set is a set of positive rational numbers, but nothing prevents consideration of the more general case.
# A set ''S'' of ''n'' positive real numbers is the starting point.
# All the combinations of ''k'' elements of the set are obtained, and their products taken.
# These are combined into a set, and then all of the elements of that set are divided by one of them (which one is arbitrary; if a canonical choice is required, the smallest element could be used).
# The resulting elements are [[Octave reduction|octave-reduced]] and sorted in ascending order, resulting in an octave period of a [[Periodic_scale|periodic scale]] (the usual sort of scale, in other words) which we may call CPS(''S'', ''k'').


The idea can be further generalized so that the thing we start from is not a set but a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiset|multiset]]. A multiset is like a set, but the elements have multiplicites; there can be two, three or any number of a given kind of element. Submultisets of a multiset are also multisets, and the product over a multiset takes account of multiplicity. Hence the 2)4 hexany resulting from the multiset [1,1,3,5] first generates the two-element submultisets, which are [1, 1], [1, 3], [1, 5], [3, 5], and we obtain products 1, 3, 5, and 15. Reducing to an octave gives 5/4, 3/2, 15/8, 2 which can be transposed to 5/4, 4/3, 5/3, 2. In spite of being called a hexany it has only four notes.
This is sometimes called a ''k'')''n'' CPS, where the ''n'' denotes the size of the set ''S''. There are special names for special cases: a 2)4 CPS is called a [[Hexany|hexany]]; both 2)5 and 3)5 CPS are called [[Dekany|dekanies]]; both 2)6 and 4)6 CPS are called [[Pentadekany|pentadekanies]], a 3)6 CPS is called an [[Eikosany|eikosany]], etc. These are normally considered in connection with just intonation, so that the starting set is a set of positive rational numbers, but nothing prevents consideration of the more general case.


Cps are closely related to [[Euler genera]], since if we combine 0)n, 1)n, 2)n ... n)n before reducing to an octave, and then reduce, we get an Euler genus.
The idea can be further generalized so that the thing we start from is not a set but a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiset multiset]. A multiset is like a set, but the elements have multiplicities; there can be two, three or any number of a given kind of element. Submultisets of a multiset are also multisets, and the product over a multiset takes account of multiplicity. Hence the 2)4 hexany resulting from the multiset [1,1,3,5] first generates the two-element submultisets, which are [1, 1], [1, 3], [1, 5], [3, 5], and we obtain products 1, 3, 5, and 15. Reducing to an octave gives 5/4, 3/2, 15/8, 2 which can be transposed to 5/4, 4/3, 5/3, 2. In spite of being called a hexany it has only four notes.


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CPS are closely related to [[Euler-Fokker genus|Euler genera]], since if we combine 0)''n'', 1)''n'', 2)''n'' ... ''n'')''n'' before reducing to an octave, and then reduce, we get an Euler genus.
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;Combination product sets&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;combination product set&lt;/strong&gt; is a &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/scale"&gt;scale&lt;/a&gt; generated by the following means:&lt;br /&gt;
CPS were invented by [[Erv Wilson]].
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&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;A set S of n positive real numbers is the starting point.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;All the combinations of k elements of the set are obtained, and their products taken.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;These are combined into a set, and then all of the elements of that set are divided by one of them (which one is arbitrary; if a canonical choice is required the smallest element could be used).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The resulting elements are reduced to an octave and sorted in ascending order, resulting in an octave period of a &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/periodic%20scale"&gt;periodic scale&lt;/a&gt; (the usual sort of scale, in other words) which we may call Cps(S, k).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
== See also ==
This is sometimes called a k)n cps. There are special names for special cases: a 2)4 cps is called a &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/hexany"&gt;hexany&lt;/a&gt;; both 2)5 and 3)5 cps are called &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/dekanies"&gt;dekanies&lt;/a&gt;; both 2)6 and 4)6 cps are called &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/pentadekanies"&gt;pentadekanies&lt;/a&gt;, and a 3)6 cps an &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/eikosany"&gt;eikosany&lt;/a&gt;. These are normally considered in connection with just intonation, so that the starting set is a set of positive rational numbers, but nothing prevents consideration of the more general case.&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://anaphoria.com/wilsoncps.html Wilson Archives - Combination Product Sets - CPS]
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* [[Gallery of combination product sets]]
The idea can be further generalized so that the thing we start from is not a set but a &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiset" rel="nofollow"&gt;multiset&lt;/a&gt;. A multiset is like a set, but the elements have multiplicites; there can be two, three or any number of a given kind of element. Submultisets of a multiset are also multisets, and the product over a multiset takes account of multiplicity. Hence the 2)4 hexany resulting from the multiset [1,1,3,5] first generates the two-element submultisets, which are [1, 1], [1, 3], [1, 5], [3, 5], and we obtain products 1, 3, 5, and 15. Reducing to an octave gives 5/4, 3/2, 15/8, 2 which can be transposed to 5/4, 4/3, 5/3, 2. In spite of being called a hexany it has only four notes.&lt;br /&gt;
 
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Cps are closely related to &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Euler%20genera"&gt;Euler genera&lt;/a&gt;, since if we combine 0)n, 1)n, 2)n ... n)n before reducing to an octave, and then reduce, we get an Euler genus.&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
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