Mathematics of MOS: Difference between revisions

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This maximally even MOS has n % m large steps and m − (n % m) small steps.

=== Binary generated scales with ~~#L coprime to #s within each~~ period are MOS ===

=== Binary generated scales with independent period and generator are MOS ===

This proof justifies the common description of "stack until binary" for MOS building and Erv Wilson's terminology ''moment of symmetry'' where MOS sizes are "moments" in time (when stacking) where the "symmetry" of binarity and MV2 holds.

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Now we assume that ''g'' and ''p'' are linearly independent. By assumption ''a''L + ''b''s = (''ac'' + ''be'')''g'' + (''ad'' + ''bf'')''p'' = ''p''. Since ''a''L + ''b''s occurs on the "brightest" mode, from generatedness we have ''ac'' + ''be'' ∈ {0, ..., ''n'' − 1}. Hence we must have ''ac'' + ''be'' = 0, and thus ''c'' = ±''b'' and ''e'' = ∓''a'', from the assumption that gcd(a, b) = 1.

In fact, {L, s} is another valid basis for the abelian group with basis {''p'', ''g''}, since by binarity we have ''p, g'' ∈ span(L, s). Assume ''c'' = ''b'' and ''e'' = −''a''. [This corresponds to assuming that ''g'' is the "bright" generator.] Let χ = L − s > 0; then χ is ''p''-equivalent to ''+ng''. Now by generatedness and binarity, any interval class that has at least two sizes must have sizes separated by ''ng'' (the separation corresponding to changing an L step to an s step). Since ''g'' and ''p'' are linearly independent, for each ''j'' ∈ {1, ..., ''n'' − 1} there exists at most one ''k'' = ''k''(''j'') ∈ {1, ..., ''n'' − 1}</sub> such that ''jg'' is ''p''-equivalent to one size of ''k''-step. Hence if the class of ''k''-steps has ''at least'' two sizes, the sizes must be ''j''(''k'')''g'' and (''j''(''k'') − ''n'')''g''; any other size must leave the range −(''n'' − 1)''g'', ..., 0, ..., (''n'' − 1)''g''. Thus the class of ''k''-steps has at most two sizes for 1 ≤ ''k'' ≤ (''n'' − 1). Each non-''p''-equivalent class must have ''exactly'' two sizes, since the inverse of the ''k''-step that is equivalent to ''jg'' is an (''n'' − ''k'')-step equivalent to ''−jg'', which by linear independence must be distinct from an (''n'' − ''k'')-step equivalent to a positive number of ''g'' generators. (Note that the latter (''n'' − ''k'')-step does occur in the "brightest" mode of ''S'', i.e. the mode with the most ''g'' generators stacked ''up'' rather than ''down'' from the tonic.)

To establish MOSness in the case of non-linearly-independent ''p'' and ''g'', observe that every ''k''-step (which is a specific linear combination of L and s) in the scale with rational step ratio is a limit point of the same linear combination of L and s in versions of the binary scale with linearly independent ''p'' and ''g'', and thus there must be ''at most'' 2 sizes for each generic interval. Since χ, which separates the two sizes in the previous case, is ''p''-equivalent to ''ng'' and remains ''p''-inequivalent to 0 in the limit since L/s ≠ 1/1, each generic interval not ''p''-equivalent to 0 has ''exactly'' 2 sizes.

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 This maximally even MOS has n % m large steps and m &minus; (n % m) small steps.
-=== Binary generated scales with #L coprime to #s within each period are MOS ===
+=== Binary generated scales with independent period and generator are MOS ===
 This proof justifies the common description of "stack until binary" for MOS building and Erv Wilson's terminology ''moment of symmetry'' where MOS sizes are "moments" in time (when stacking) where the "symmetry" of binarity and MV2 holds.
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 Now we assume that ''g'' and ''p'' are linearly independent. By assumption ''a''L + ''b''s = (''ac'' + ''be'')''g'' + (''ad'' + ''bf'')''p'' = ''p''. Since ''a''L + ''b''s occurs on the "brightest" mode, from generatedness we have ''ac'' + ''be'' ∈ {0, ..., ''n'' &minus; 1}. Hence we must have ''ac'' + ''be'' = 0, and thus ''c'' = ±''b'' and ''e'' = ∓''a'', from the assumption that gcd(a, b) = 1.
 In fact, {L, s} is another valid basis for the abelian group with basis {''p'', ''g''}, since by binarity we have ''p, g'' ∈ span(L, s). Assume ''c'' = ''b'' and ''e'' = &minus;''a''. [This corresponds to assuming that ''g'' is the "bright" generator.] Let χ = L &minus; s > 0; then χ is ''p''-equivalent to ''+ng''. Now by generatedness and binarity, any interval class that has at least two sizes must have sizes separated by ''ng'' (the separation corresponding to changing an L step to an s step). Since ''g'' and ''p'' are linearly independent, for each ''j'' ∈ {1, ..., ''n'' &minus; 1} there exists at most one ''k'' = ''k''(''j'') ∈ {1, ..., ''n'' &minus; 1}</sub> such that ''jg'' is ''p''-equivalent to one size of ''k''-step. Hence if the class of ''k''-steps has ''at least'' two sizes, the sizes must be ''j''(''k'')''g'' and (''j''(''k'') &minus; ''n'')''g''; any other size must leave the range &minus;(''n'' &minus; 1)''g'', ..., 0, ..., (''n'' &minus; 1)''g''. Thus the class of ''k''-steps has at most two sizes for 1 ≤ ''k'' ≤ (''n'' &minus; 1). Each non-''p''-equivalent class must have ''exactly'' two sizes, since the inverse of the ''k''-step that is equivalent to ''jg'' is an (''n'' &minus; ''k'')-step equivalent to ''&minus;jg'', which by linear independence must be distinct from an (''n'' &minus; ''k'')-step equivalent to a positive number of ''g'' generators. (Note that the latter (''n'' &minus; ''k'')-step does occur in the "brightest" mode of ''S'', i.e. the mode with the most ''g'' generators stacked ''up'' rather than ''down'' from the tonic.)
-To establish MOSness in the case of non-linearly-independent ''p'' and ''g'', observe that every ''k''-step (which is a specific linear combination of L and s) in the scale with rational step ratio is a limit point of the same linear combination of L and s in versions of the binary scale with linearly independent ''p'' and ''g'', and thus there must be ''at most'' 2 sizes for each generic interval. Since χ, which separates the two sizes in the previous case, is ''p''-equivalent to ''ng'' and remains ''p''-inequivalent to 0 in the limit since L/s ≠ 1/1, each generic interval not ''p''-equivalent to 0 has ''exactly'' 2 sizes.
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