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Note that these are the same answers you would get if you multiplied 31 times &lt;1 1.585 2.322 2.807 3.459 | and rounded the result.
Note that these are the same answers you would get if you multiplied 31 times &lt;1 1.585 2.322 2.807 3.459 | and rounded the result.


=Why this defines a regular temperament=  
=How this defines a rank 1 temperament=  
A val defines a regular temperament, which is the deliberate introduction of an error into one or more primes. In 12 EDO, for instance, the perfect fifth (ratio 3/2, or exactly 1.5) is mapped to 700 cents, which is actually just barely flat: a ratio of 2^(700/1200), or 1.4983070769.
A val defines a rank 1 temperament by defining the deliberate introduction of an error into one or more primes. In 12 EDO, for instance, the perfect fifth (ratio 3/2, or exactly 1.5) is mapped to 700 cents, which is actually just barely flat: a ratio of 2^(700/1200), or 1.4983070769.


As stated above, the 2/1 in the patent val is perfect. The patent val for 12 EDO, &lt;12 19 28 34 42 (etc) |, implies that it takes 12 steps to get the octave. The patent val for 31 EDO, &lt;31 49 72 87 107 (etc) |, implies that it takes 31 steps to get to the octave.
As stated above, the 2/1 in the patent val is perfect. The patent val for 12 EDO, &lt;12 19 28 34 42 (etc) |, implies that it takes 12 steps to get the octave. The patent val for 31 EDO, &lt;31 49 72 87 107 (etc) |, implies that it takes 31 steps to get to the octave.
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The lesson here is that even though the errors in the primes are different for each EDO + patent val in these cases, 81/80 is still tempered out. However, that's not true for all commas; for instance, 12 EDO tempers out 128/125, the diesis, while 31 EDO does not; and 31 EDO tempers out 393216/390625, the Wuerschmidt comma, while 12 EDO does not.</pre></div>
The lesson here is that even though the errors in the primes are different for each EDO + patent val in these cases, 81/80 is still tempered out. However, that's not true for all commas; for instance, 12 EDO tempers out 128/125, the diesis, while 31 EDO does not; and 31 EDO tempers out 393216/390625, the Wuerschmidt comma, while 12 EDO does not.</pre></div>
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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;Patent val&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:10:&amp;lt;img id=&amp;quot;wikitext@@toc@@flat&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;WikiMedia WikiMediaTocFlat&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;Table of Contents&amp;quot; src=&amp;quot;/site/embedthumbnail/toc/flat?w=100&amp;amp;h=16&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:10 --&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:11: --&gt;&lt;a href="#Definition"&gt;Definition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:11 --&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:12: --&gt; | &lt;a href="#A 12 EDO Example"&gt;A 12 EDO Example&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:12 --&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:13: --&gt; | &lt;a href="#xAn expanded example for 31 EDO"&gt;An expanded example for 31 EDO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:13 --&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:14: --&gt; | &lt;a href="#xWhy this defines a regular temperament"&gt;Why this defines a regular temperament&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:14 --&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:15: --&gt; | &lt;a href="#How this relates to commas"&gt;How this relates to commas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:15 --&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:16: --&gt;
<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;Patent val&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:10:&amp;lt;img id=&amp;quot;wikitext@@toc@@flat&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;WikiMedia WikiMediaTocFlat&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;Table of Contents&amp;quot; src=&amp;quot;/site/embedthumbnail/toc/flat?w=100&amp;amp;h=16&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:10 --&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:11: --&gt;&lt;a href="#Definition"&gt;Definition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:11 --&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:12: --&gt; | &lt;a href="#A 12 EDO Example"&gt;A 12 EDO Example&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:12 --&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:13: --&gt; | &lt;a href="#xAn expanded example for 31 EDO"&gt;An expanded example for 31 EDO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:13 --&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:14: --&gt; | &lt;a href="#How this defines a rank 1 temperament"&gt;How this defines a rank 1 temperament&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:14 --&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:15: --&gt; | &lt;a href="#How this relates to commas"&gt;How this relates to commas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:15 --&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:16: --&gt;
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  Given N-edo, the equal division of the octave into N parts, we may for any prime p find a corresponding &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/p-limit"&gt;p-limit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/val"&gt;val&lt;/a&gt; in a canonical manner by &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalar_multiplication" rel="nofollow"&gt;scalar multiplying&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;1 &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/log2"&gt;log2&lt;/a&gt;(3) log2(5) ... log(p)| by N and rounding to the nearest integer. In general this is not guaranteed to be the most accurate available val, but if N-edo has enough relative accuracy in the p-limit, it will be. The name &lt;em&gt;patent&lt;/em&gt; comes from the fact that &amp;quot;patent&amp;quot; in one sense of the word is a synonym for &amp;quot;obvious&amp;quot;; the patent val may or may not be the best choice but it's the obvious choice.&lt;br /&gt;
  Given N-edo, the equal division of the octave into N parts, we may for any prime p find a corresponding &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/p-limit"&gt;p-limit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/val"&gt;val&lt;/a&gt; in a canonical manner by &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalar_multiplication" rel="nofollow"&gt;scalar multiplying&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;1 &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/log2"&gt;log2&lt;/a&gt;(3) log2(5) ... log(p)| by N and rounding to the nearest integer. In general this is not guaranteed to be the most accurate available val, but if N-edo has enough relative accuracy in the p-limit, it will be. The name &lt;em&gt;patent&lt;/em&gt; comes from the fact that &amp;quot;patent&amp;quot; in one sense of the word is a synonym for &amp;quot;obvious&amp;quot;; the patent val may or may not be the best choice but it's the obvious choice.&lt;br /&gt;
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Note that these are the same answers you would get if you multiplied 31 times &amp;lt;1 1.585 2.322 2.807 3.459 | and rounded the result.&lt;br /&gt;
Note that these are the same answers you would get if you multiplied 31 times &amp;lt;1 1.585 2.322 2.807 3.459 | and rounded the result.&lt;br /&gt;
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  A val defines a regular temperament, which is the deliberate introduction of an error into one or more primes. In 12 EDO, for instance, the perfect fifth (ratio 3/2, or exactly 1.5) is mapped to 700 cents, which is actually just barely flat: a ratio of 2^(700/1200), or 1.4983070769.&lt;br /&gt;
  A val defines a rank 1 temperament by defining the deliberate introduction of an error into one or more primes. In 12 EDO, for instance, the perfect fifth (ratio 3/2, or exactly 1.5) is mapped to 700 cents, which is actually just barely flat: a ratio of 2^(700/1200), or 1.4983070769.&lt;br /&gt;
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As stated above, the 2/1 in the patent val is perfect. The patent val for 12 EDO, &amp;lt;12 19 28 34 42 (etc) |, implies that it takes 12 steps to get the octave. The patent val for 31 EDO, &amp;lt;31 49 72 87 107 (etc) |, implies that it takes 31 steps to get to the octave.&lt;br /&gt;
As stated above, the 2/1 in the patent val is perfect. The patent val for 12 EDO, &amp;lt;12 19 28 34 42 (etc) |, implies that it takes 12 steps to get the octave. The patent val for 31 EDO, &amp;lt;31 49 72 87 107 (etc) |, implies that it takes 31 steps to get to the octave.&lt;br /&gt;