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=== Mappings ===
=== Mappings ===
A salient fact about 159edo is that 159 = 3 × 53, and it shares the same 3rd, 5th and 13th [[harmonic]]s with [[53edo]]. However, compared to 53edo, the patent vals differ on the mappings for 7, 11 and 17 – in fact, this EDO has a very accurate 11 and an only slightly less accurate 17.  Although 159edo is [[consistent]] up to the 17-odd-limit, it proves to be inconsistent in the 19-odd-limit, with the ~19/17 mapped to the second closest step. Furthermore, 159edo demonstrates 3-to-2 [[telicity]], as despite being [[contorted]] in the 5-limit, it is the largest EDO to temper out [[Mercator's comma]] in which said comma is less than half the size of a single EDO step. This means, among other things, that there is a perfect match between the [[direct mapping]] and the more complicated traditional mapping for an [[octave-reduced]] stack of fifty-three tempered [[3/2]] perfect fifths – a complete [[circle of fifths]] for this EDO. However, for intervals such as [[49/32]] and [[128/125]], these two mappings do not match. While the [[patent val]] [[support]]s [[cartography]] temperament, which is among the best 13-limit temperaments in the [[Mercator family]], the 159d and 159e mappings support other members of this temperament family.
A salient fact about 159edo is that 159 = 3 × 53, and it shares the same 3rd, 5th and 13th [[harmonic]]s with [[53edo]]. However, compared to 53edo, the patent vals differ on the mappings for 7, 11 and 17 – in fact, this EDO has a very accurate 11 and an only slightly less accurate 17.  Although 159edo is [[consistent]] up to the 17-odd-limit, it proves to be inconsistent in the 19-odd-limit, with the ~19/17 mapped to the second closest step. Furthermore, 159edo demonstrates 3-to-2 [[telicity]], as despite being [[contorted]] in the 5-limit, it is the largest EDO to temper out [[Mercator's comma]] in which said comma is less than half the size of a single EDO step. This means, among other things, that there is a perfect match between the [[direct mapping]] and the more complicated traditional mapping for an [[octave-reduced]] stack of fifty-three tempered [[3/2]] perfect fifths – a complete [[circle of fifths]] for this EDO. However, for intervals such as [[49/32]] and [[128/125]], these two mappings do not match. While the [[patent val]] [[support]]s both [[cartography]] and [[iodine]] temperaments, which are among the best 13-limit temperaments in the [[Mercator family]], the 159d and 159e mappings support other members of this temperament family.


=== Commas ===
=== Commas ===