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The "formal" part of the term "formal prime" is there to capture an intentional flexibility: interval bases are possible which use non-primes as their building blocks, such as 2.9.5, or 2.15.7. There are also those with rational numbers, like 2.3/5.11/7, or even those with irrational numbers, like 2.√5.e.π.  
The "formal" part of the term "formal prime" is there to capture an intentional flexibility: interval bases are possible which use non-primes as their building blocks, such as 2.9.5, or 2.15.7. There are also those with rational numbers, like 2.3/5.11/7, or even those with irrational numbers, like 2.√5.e.π.  


The only real requirement is that each formal prime be positive, and almost always that it is greater than 1.
The only real requirement is that each formal prime be positive and not equal to 1 (and we usually use formal primes greater than 1).


= Interval bases for intervals =
= Interval bases for intervals =