Generator-offset property: Difference between revisions

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== Open conjectures ==
== Open conjectures ==
=== Conjecture ("MV3 Structure Theorem") ===
=== Conjecture ("SV3 Structure Theorem") ===
==== Conjecture 1 ====
==== Conjecture 1 ====
If a 3-step size scale word ''ax by cz'' is  
If a 3-step size scale word ''ax by cz'' is  
# unconditionally MV3,  
# unconditionally SV3 (strict variety 3, i.e. every k-step except multiples of the equave comes in ''exactly'' 3 sizes),  
# has ''odd'' cardinality,
# has ''odd'' cardinality,
# has gcd(''a'', ''b'', ''c'') = 1,
# has gcd(''a'', ''b'', ''c'') = 1,
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==== Conjecture 2 ====
==== Conjecture 2 ====
If a non-multiperiod 3-step size scale word is  
If a 3-step size scale word is  
# unconditionally MV3,  
# unconditionally SV3 (strict variety 3, i.e. every k-step except multiples of the equave comes in ''exactly'' 3 sizes)
# has ''even'' cardinality, and
# has ''even'' cardinality, and
# is not of the form ''mx my mz'',
# is not of the form ''mx my mz'',