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A '''radical interval''' is an interval whose ratio can be expressed in terms of roots of integers (i.e. sqrt(2)), as opposed to [[Just intonation|just intervals]] which are expressed only in terms of ratios of pure integers. Radical intervals appear as the steps in [[Equal tuning|equal tunings]] such as [[EDO|EDOs]], and also occur in [[Majestazic scale-building]]. In terms of primes, a radical interval can be written as a product of primes raised to rational powers (such as 2^(1/2) * 3^(-1/13)). Because of this, radical intervals can be expressed as monzos, like just intervals. For the sake of clarity, monzos representing radical intervals are called '''fractional monzos''' or '''fmonzos.''' Mathematically, fmonzos behave the same as ordinary [[Monzo|monzos]], except that coefficients have been extended to allow them to be rational numbers. If {{monzo| ''e''2 ''e''3 … ''e''p }} is a fractional monzo, then it represents 2''e''2 3''e''3 … ''p''''e''''p'' just as with an ordinary monzo. Hence, for instance, {{monzo| 1/13 -1/13 7/26 }} represents the interval 21/13 3-1/13 57/26. By taking the [[least common multiple]] of the denominators, intervals represented by a fractional monzo can always be written as an ''n''-th root of a positive rational number; for instance from our example, (312500/9)1/26.

A '''radical interval''' is an interval whose ratio can be expressed in terms of roots of integers (i.e. sqrt(2)), as opposed to [[Just intonation|just intervals]] which are expressed only in terms of ratios of pure integers. Radical intervals appear as the steps in [[Equal tuning|equal tunings]] such as [[EDO|EDOs]], and also occur in [[Majestazic scale-building]]. In terms of primes, a radical interval can be written as a product of primes raised to rational powers (such as 2^(1/2) * 3^(-1/13)). Because of this, radical intervals can be expressed as monzos, like just intervals. For the sake of clarity, monzos representing radical intervals are called '''fractional monzos''' or '''fmonzos.''' Mathematically, fmonzos behave the same as ordinary [[Monzo|monzos]], except that coefficients have been extended to allow them to be rational numbers. If {{monzo| ''e''2 ''e''3 … ''e''p }} is a fractional monzo, then it represents 2''e''2 3''e''3 … ''p''''e''''p'' just as with an ordinary monzo. Hence, for instance, {{monzo| 1/13 -1/13 7/26 }} represents the interval 21/13 3-1/13 57/26. By taking the [[least common multiple]] of the denominators, intervals represented by a fractional monzo can always be written as an ''n''-th root of a positive rational number; for instance from our example, (312500/9)1/26. (This may be notated 1\26ed312500/9, but that generally implies that 312500/9 is being considered the equave.)

By multiplying each monzo entry by the cent value of the corresponding prime and adding the results together (which can be represented, if the monzo is treated as a vector, by a dot product with {{val| cents (2) cents (3) … cents (p) }}) the value in cents of a fractional monzo may be obtained, just as with an ordinary monzo. For instance, in the above example (1/13)×1200.0 - (1/13)×cents (3) + (7/26)×cents (5) = 696.1648 cents.

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 ''Actual Legacy Xenwiki link: [https://legacy.xen.wiki/w/Fractional_monzo]''
-A '''radical interval''' is an interval whose ratio can be expressed in terms of roots of integers (i.e. sqrt(2)), as opposed to [[Just intonation|just intervals]] which are expressed only in terms of ratios of pure integers. Radical intervals appear as the steps in [[Equal tuning|equal tunings]] such as [[EDO|EDOs]], and also occur in [[Majestazic scale-building]]. In terms of primes, a radical interval can be written as a product of primes raised to rational powers (such as 2^(1/2) * 3^(-1/13)). Because of this, radical intervals can be expressed as monzos, like just intervals. For the sake of clarity, monzos representing radical intervals are called '''fractional monzos''' or '''fmonzos.''' Mathematically, fmonzos behave the same as ordinary [[Monzo|monzos]], except that coefficients have been extended to allow them to be rational numbers. If {{monzo| ''e''<sub>2</sub> ''e''<sub>3</sub> … ''e''<sub>p</sub> }} is a fractional monzo, then it represents 2<sup>''e''<sub>2</sub></sup> 3<sup>''e''<sub>3</sub></sup> … ''p''<sup>''e''<sub>''p''</sub></sup> just as with an ordinary monzo. Hence, for instance, {{monzo| 1/13 -1/13 7/26 }} represents the interval 2<sup>1/13</sup> 3<sup>-1/13</sup> 5<sup>7/26</sup>. By taking the [[least common multiple]] of the denominators, intervals represented by a fractional monzo can always be written as an ''n''-th root of a positive rational number; for instance from our example, (312500/9)<sup>1/26</sup>.
+A '''radical interval''' is an interval whose ratio can be expressed in terms of roots of integers (i.e. sqrt(2)), as opposed to [[Just intonation|just intervals]] which are expressed only in terms of ratios of pure integers. Radical intervals appear as the steps in [[Equal tuning|equal tunings]] such as [[EDO|EDOs]], and also occur in [[Majestazic scale-building]]. In terms of primes, a radical interval can be written as a product of primes raised to rational powers (such as 2^(1/2) * 3^(-1/13)). Because of this, radical intervals can be expressed as monzos, like just intervals. For the sake of clarity, monzos representing radical intervals are called '''fractional monzos''' or '''fmonzos.''' Mathematically, fmonzos behave the same as ordinary [[Monzo|monzos]], except that coefficients have been extended to allow them to be rational numbers. If {{monzo| ''e''<sub>2</sub> ''e''<sub>3</sub> … ''e''<sub>p</sub> }} is a fractional monzo, then it represents 2<sup>''e''<sub>2</sub></sup> 3<sup>''e''<sub>3</sub></sup> … ''p''<sup>''e''<sub>''p''</sub></sup> just as with an ordinary monzo. Hence, for instance, {{monzo| 1/13 -1/13 7/26 }} represents the interval 2<sup>1/13</sup> 3<sup>-1/13</sup> 5<sup>7/26</sup>. By taking the [[least common multiple]] of the denominators, intervals represented by a fractional monzo can always be written as an ''n''-th root of a positive rational number; for instance from our example, (312500/9)<sup>1/26</sup>. (This may be notated 1\26ed312500/9, but that generally implies that 312500/9 is being considered the equave.)
 By multiplying each monzo entry by the cent value of the corresponding prime and adding the results together (which can be represented, if the monzo is treated as a vector, by a dot product with {{val| cents (2) cents (3) … cents (p) }})  the value in cents of a fractional monzo may be obtained, just as with an ordinary monzo. For instance, in the above example (1/13)×1200.0 - (1/13)×cents (3) + (7/26)×cents (5) = 696.1648 cents.