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For instance, if we take &lt;19 30 44 53| and divide each coordinate twice by the corresponding coordinate of &lt;31 49 72 87| we obtain a fractional eigenmonzo &lt;19/961 30/2401 11/1296 53/7569|, and similarly from the 31et val we have &lt;1/31 1/49 1/72 1/87|. Using these as fractional eigenmonzos gives us a tuning which is already very close (less than 0.01 cents error for the primes) to TOP-RMS. Using 171et instead, the error is less than 0.0002 cents.
For instance, if we take &lt;19 30 44 53| and divide each coordinate twice by the corresponding coordinate of &lt;31 49 72 87| we obtain a fractional eigenmonzo &lt;19/961 30/2401 11/1296 53/7569|, and similarly from the 31et val we have &lt;1/31 1/49 1/72 1/87|. Using these as fractional eigenmonzos gives us a tuning which is already very close (less than 0.01 cents error for the primes) to TOP-RMS. Using 171et instead, the error is less than 0.0002 cents.
These methods suggest a wide range of tuning possibilities. For instance, Frobenius tuning uses unweighted eigenmonzos, whereas RMS-TOP doubly weights the vals to make left eigenvectors of them. Intermediate to the two is the tuning which val weights the vals and uses them as left eigenvectors; this gives a tuning which is less biased towards smaller primes than TOP-RMS. For rank two temperaments, using 2 and the product W of odd primes to p as eigenmonzos gives a tuning which has a simple expression in terms of roots of products of 2 and W, and where the errors in the tunings of the odd primes must cancel since W is tuned justly.


===Algebraic considerations===  
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For instance, if we take &amp;lt;19 30 44 53| and divide each coordinate twice by the corresponding coordinate of &amp;lt;31 49 72 87| we obtain a fractional eigenmonzo &amp;lt;19/961 30/2401 11/1296 53/7569|, and similarly from the 31et val we have &amp;lt;1/31 1/49 1/72 1/87|. Using these as fractional eigenmonzos gives us a tuning which is already very close (less than 0.01 cents error for the primes) to TOP-RMS. Using 171et instead, the error is less than 0.0002 cents.&lt;br /&gt;
For instance, if we take &amp;lt;19 30 44 53| and divide each coordinate twice by the corresponding coordinate of &amp;lt;31 49 72 87| we obtain a fractional eigenmonzo &amp;lt;19/961 30/2401 11/1296 53/7569|, and similarly from the 31et val we have &amp;lt;1/31 1/49 1/72 1/87|. Using these as fractional eigenmonzos gives us a tuning which is already very close (less than 0.01 cents error for the primes) to TOP-RMS. Using 171et instead, the error is less than 0.0002 cents.&lt;br /&gt;
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These methods suggest a wide range of tuning possibilities. For instance, Frobenius tuning uses unweighted eigenmonzos, whereas RMS-TOP doubly weights the vals to make left eigenvectors of them. Intermediate to the two is the tuning which val weights the vals and uses them as left eigenvectors; this gives a tuning which is less biased towards smaller primes than TOP-RMS. For rank two temperaments, using 2 and the product W of odd primes to p as eigenmonzos gives a tuning which has a simple expression in terms of roots of products of 2 and W, and where the errors in the tunings of the odd primes must cancel since W is tuned justly.&lt;br /&gt;
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  For the mathematically inclined (other people may want to skip this paragraph) we note that monzos are elements of a &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_abelian_group" rel="nofollow"&gt;free abelian group&lt;/a&gt; (or equivalently, Z-module) of rank n equal to the number of primes less than or equal to p for the p-limit in question. Fractional monzos do not define a free group but rather a &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisible_group" rel="nofollow"&gt;divisible group&lt;/a&gt;, meaning any element may be divided by any nonzero integer. They are Z-modules, but more than that also Q-modules, or stated equivalently, elements in a &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_space" rel="nofollow"&gt;vector space&lt;/a&gt; (of dimension n) over the rational numbers. They are also torsion-free (equivalently, &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_module" rel="nofollow"&gt;flat&lt;/a&gt;) abelian groups, and are the &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injective_hull" rel="nofollow"&gt;injective hulls&lt;/a&gt; of the corresponding monzos.&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
  For the mathematically inclined (other people may want to skip this paragraph) we note that monzos are elements of a &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_abelian_group" rel="nofollow"&gt;free abelian group&lt;/a&gt; (or equivalently, Z-module) of rank n equal to the number of primes less than or equal to p for the p-limit in question. Fractional monzos do not define a free group but rather a &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisible_group" rel="nofollow"&gt;divisible group&lt;/a&gt;, meaning any element may be divided by any nonzero integer. They are Z-modules, but more than that also Q-modules, or stated equivalently, elements in a &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_space" rel="nofollow"&gt;vector space&lt;/a&gt; (of dimension n) over the rational numbers. They are also torsion-free (equivalently, &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_module" rel="nofollow"&gt;flat&lt;/a&gt;) abelian groups, and are the &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injective_hull" rel="nofollow"&gt;injective hulls&lt;/a&gt; of the corresponding monzos.&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>