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A JI scale ''S'' is '''epimorphic''' if on the [[JI subgroup]] <math>A \leq \mathbb{Q}_{>0}</math> generated by the intervals of ''S'', there exists a linear map ''v'': ''A'' → ℤ, called an '''epimorphism''', such that ''v''(''S''[''i'']) = ''i'' for all ''i'' ∈ ℤ. Equivalently, it is a detempering of an [[equal temperament]] under some mapping where each note of the equal temperament is matched to exactly one note.
A JI scale ''S'' is '''epimorphic''' if on the [[JI subgroup]] <math>A \leq \mathbb{Q}_{>0}</math> generated by the intervals of ''S'', there exists a linear map ''v'': ''A'' → ℤ, called an '''epimorphism''', such that ''v''(''S''[''i'']) = ''i'' for all ''i'' ∈ ℤ. Equivalently, it is a detempering of an [[equal temperament]] under some mapping where each note of the equal temperament is matched to exactly one note.


Epimorphicity is strictly stronger than [[constant structure]] (CS). When one assumes ''S'' is CS but not that it is epimorphic, there is a unique set map <math>v : \{\text{intervals of $S$}\} \to \mathbb{Z}</math> that witnesses that ''S'' is CS and satisfies ''v''(''S''[''i'']) = ''i'' for all ''i''. Thus a CS scale ''S'' is epimorphic if and only if this mapping ''v'' extends to a linear map on the entirety of ''A''.
Epimorphicity is strictly stronger than [[constant structure]] (CS). When one assumes ''S'' is a CS but not that it is epimorphic, there is a unique set map <math>v : \{\text{intervals of $S$}\} \to \mathbb{Z}</math> that witnesses that ''S'' is a CS and satisfies ''v''(''S''[''i'']) = ''i'' for all ''i''. Thus a CS scale ''S'' is epimorphic if and only if this mapping ''v'' extends to a linear map on the entirety of ''A''.


This definition extends naturally to asking whether a higher-dimensional mapping <math>S:\mathbb{Z}^n \to P</math> for an arbitrary codomain <math>P</math> of relative pitches is epimorphic, in the same sense of there existing an abelian group <math>A</math> and a linear map <math>v : A \to \mathbb{Z}^n</math> such that <math>v(S(x)) = x.</math> This can be of practical interest: one might ask whether an isomorphic keyboard mapping <math>S : \mathbb{Z}^2 \to P</math> (for a theoretical infinite 2D isomorphic keyboard) is epimorphic.
This definition extends naturally to asking whether a higher-dimensional mapping <math>S:\mathbb{Z}^n \to P</math> for an arbitrary codomain <math>P</math> of relative pitches is epimorphic, in the same sense of there existing an abelian group <math>A</math> and a linear map <math>v : A \to \mathbb{Z}^n</math> such that <math>v(S(x)) = x.</math> This can be of practical interest: one might ask whether an isomorphic keyboard mapping <math>S : \mathbb{Z}^2 \to P</math> (for a theoretical infinite 2D isomorphic keyboard) is epimorphic.
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=== Facts ===
=== Facts ===
==== Definition: constant structure (CS) ====
==== Definition: constant structure (CS) ====
Given a [[periodic scale]] <math>S : \mathbb{Z} \to (0,\infty)</math> (with codomain written as ratios from ''S''(0) = 1 in the linear frequency domain), let <math>C_k = \{ S[i+k]/S[i] : i \in \mathbb{Z}\}</math> be the [[interval class|set of ''k''-steps]] of ''S''. Then ''S'' is [[constant structure]] (CS) if for any <math>i, j \in \mathbb{Z}, i \neq j,</math> we have <math>C_i \cap C_j = \varnothing.</math>
Given a [[periodic scale]] <math>S : \mathbb{Z} \to (0,\infty)</math> (with codomain written as ratios from ''S''(0) = 1 in the linear frequency domain), let <math>C_k = \{ S[i+k]/S[i] : i \in \mathbb{Z}\}</math> be the [[interval class|set of ''k''-steps]] of ''S''. Then ''S'' ''is a [[constant structure]]'' (CS) if for any <math>i, j \in \mathbb{Z}, i \neq j,</math> we have <math>C_i \cap C_j = \varnothing.</math>


==== Epimorphic scales are CS ====
==== Epimorphic scales are CSes ====
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Let ''v'': ''A'' → ℤ be the epimorphism for  ''s''. Let <math>x \in C_j.</math> Then there exists <math>i > 0</math> such that <math>S[i+j]/S[i] = x.</math> Suppose by way of contradiction there exist <math>k \neq j</math> and <math>i > 0</math> such that <math>S[i+k]/S[i] = x.</math>
Let ''v'': ''A'' → ℤ be the epimorphism for  ''s''. Let <math>x \in C_j.</math> Then there exists <math>i > 0</math> such that <math>S[i+j]/S[i] = x.</math> Suppose by way of contradiction there exist <math>k \neq j</math> and <math>i > 0</math> such that <math>S[i+k]/S[i] = x.</math>
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Theorem: Suppose ''S'' is a 2/1-equivalent increasing constant structure JI scale of length ''n''. Let <math>C_1</math> be the set of 1-steps of ''S'', and suppose that <math>C_1</math> is a basis for the JI subgroup ''A'' generated by it. Then there exists an epimorphism <math> v: A \to \mathbb{Z}</math> which is a val of ''n''-edo (and a similar statement holds for other equaves).
Theorem: Suppose ''S'' is a 2/1-equivalent increasing constant structure JI scale of length ''n''. Let <math>C_1</math> be the set of 1-steps of ''S'', and suppose that <math>C_1</math> is a basis for the JI subgroup ''A'' generated by it. Then there exists an epimorphism <math> v: A \to \mathbb{Z}</math> which is a val of ''n''-edo (and a similar statement holds for other equaves).


(The condition of <math>C_1</math> being a basis rather than merely a generating set cannot be omitted, since the scale {5/4, 32/25, 2/1} is CS but not epimorphic. The converse of this conditional also fails, as {9/8, 5/4, 3/2, 25/16, 2/1} is epimorphic under [[5edo]]'s [[patent val]].)
(The condition of <math>C_1</math> being a basis rather than merely a generating set cannot be omitted, since the scale {5/4, 32/25, 2/1} is a CS but not epimorphic. The converse of this conditional also fails, as {9/8, 5/4, 3/2, 25/16, 2/1} is epimorphic under [[5edo]]'s [[patent val]].)


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