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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">Given N-edo, the equal division of the octave into N parts, we may for any prime p find a corresponding [[p-limit]] [[val]] in a canonical manner by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalar_multiplication|scalar multiplying]] &lt;1 [[log2]](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 //patent// comes from the fact that "patent" in one sense of the word is a synonym for "obvious"; the patent val may or may not be the best choice but it's the obvious choice.
<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">Given N-edo, the equal division of the octave into N parts, we may for any prime p find a corresponding [[p-limit]] [[val]] in a canonical manner by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalar_multiplication|scalar multiplying]] &lt;1 [[log2]](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 //patent// comes from the fact that "patent" in one sense of the word is a synonym for "obvious"; the patent val may or may not be the best choice but it's the obvious choice.


== Example ==
==Example==  
multiplying 12 times &lt;1 1.585 2.322 2.807 3.459|  
multiplying 12 times &lt;1 1.585 2.322 2.807 3.459|
yields &lt;12 19.020 27.863 33.688 41.513|,  
yields &lt;12 19.020 27.863 33.688 41.513|,
rounded to &lt;12 19 28 34 42|,  
rounded to &lt;12 19 28 34 42|,
which is the **11-limit patent val for [[12edo]]**.</pre></div>
which is the **11-limit patent val for [[12edo]]**.
 
==Example for 31 EDO==
Paraphrased from the Tuning list:
 
The val contains the number of steps it takes to get to a given prime number, in prime number order:
&lt; [2/1] [3/1] [5/1] [7/1] [etc.] |
 
By definition, for any EDO, the number of steps to 2/1 is the EDO division: 31 for 31 EDO. The 2-limit patent val is &lt; 31 |.
 
What't the number of steps to 3/1?
The step size for 31 EDO is 38.70967742 cents.
3/1 is 1901.96 in cents.
1901.96 cents / 38.70967742 cents/step = 49.13383752 steps.
This is an EDO, though -- I can't take .13383752 steps. So I round. This is clearly closer to 49 steps, so that's the "obvious" or "patent" choice.
The 3-limit patent val is &lt; 31 49 |
 
Do the same thing up through 17, and you get an 17-limit patent val of
&lt; 31 49 72 87 107 115 127 |
 
To do the whole thing one more time, let's do it for the 19-limit.
19/1 = 5097.51 cents, 5097.51 / 38.70967742 cents/step = 131.6857529 steps. Round to get 132.
The 19-limit patent val is
&lt; 31 49 72 87 107 115 127 132 |</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;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;
<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;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;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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multiplying 12 times &amp;lt;1 1.585 2.322 2.807 3.459| &lt;br /&gt;
multiplying 12 times &amp;lt;1 1.585 2.322 2.807 3.459|&lt;br /&gt;
yields &amp;lt;12 19.020 27.863 33.688 41.513|, &lt;br /&gt;
yields &amp;lt;12 19.020 27.863 33.688 41.513|,&lt;br /&gt;
rounded to &amp;lt;12 19 28 34 42|, &lt;br /&gt;
rounded to &amp;lt;12 19 28 34 42|,&lt;br /&gt;
which is the &lt;strong&gt;11-limit patent val for &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/12edo"&gt;12edo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
which is the &lt;strong&gt;11-limit patent val for &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/12edo"&gt;12edo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Paraphrased from the Tuning list:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The val contains the number of steps it takes to get to a given prime number, in prime number order:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt; [2/1] [3/1] [5/1] [7/1] [etc.] |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
By definition, for any EDO, the number of steps to 2/1 is the EDO division: 31 for 31 EDO. The 2-limit patent val is &amp;lt; 31 |.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What't the number of steps to 3/1?&lt;br /&gt;
The step size for 31 EDO is 38.70967742 cents.&lt;br /&gt;
3/1 is 1901.96 in cents.&lt;br /&gt;
1901.96 cents / 38.70967742 cents/step = 49.13383752 steps.&lt;br /&gt;
This is an EDO, though -- I can't take .13383752 steps. So I round. This is clearly closer to 49 steps, so that's the &amp;quot;obvious&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;patent&amp;quot; choice.&lt;br /&gt;
The 3-limit patent val is &amp;lt; 31 49 |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do the same thing up through 17, and you get an 17-limit patent val of&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt; 31 49 72 87 107 115 127 |&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To do the whole thing one more time, let's do it for the 19-limit.&lt;br /&gt;
19/1 = 5097.51 cents, 5097.51 / 38.70967742 cents/step = 131.6857529 steps. Round to get 132. &lt;br /&gt;
The 19-limit patent val is&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt; 31 49 72 87 107 115 127 132 |&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>