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Let ''S''<sub>1</sub>, ''S''<sub>2</sub> denote the two copies of ''S'', where ''F''(0) = ''S''<sub>1</sub>(0) = 1/1, ''S''<sub>2</sub>(0) = δ and the scale ''F'' is the union of ''S''<sub>1</sub> and ''S''<sub>2</sub>. Let <math>m_k = \min \mathcal{D}_k(S)</math> and <math>M_k = \max \mathcal{D}_k(S).</math> | Let ''S''<sub>1</sub>, ''S''<sub>2</sub> denote the two copies of ''S'', where ''F''(0) = ''S''<sub>1</sub>(0) = 1/1, ''S''<sub>2</sub>(0) = δ and the scale ''F'' is the union of ''S''<sub>1</sub> and ''S''<sub>2</sub>. Let <math>m_k = \min \mathcal{D}_k(S)</math> and <math>M_k = \max \mathcal{D}_k(S).</math> | ||
Suppose δ is not in any intervals [''m''<sub>''k''</sub>, ''M''<sub>''k''</sub>]. Then for any ''k'', ''S''<sub>1</sub>(''k'') falls between adjacent notes of ''S''<sub>2</sub>. | Suppose δ is not in any intervals [''m''<sub>''k''</sub>, ''M''<sub>''k''</sub>]. Then for any ''k'', ''S''<sub>1</sub>(''k'') falls between adjacent notes of ''S''<sub>2</sub>. The same holds when we reverse the roles of ''S''<sub>1</sub> and ''S''<sub>2</sub> with offset ''E'' − δ; since the union of the [''m''<sub>''k''</sub>, ''M''<sub>''k''</sub>] is invariant under taking equave complements, neither is ''E'' − δ within any [''m''<sub>''k''</sub>, ''M''<sub>''k''</sub>]. The reverse direction follows. | ||
For the forward direction, we wish to show that the interleaving condition is violated if ''m''<sub>''k''</sub> < ''M''<sub>''k''</sub> and δ ∈ [''m''<sub>''k''</sub>, ''M''<sub>''k''</sub>] for some ''k'', 1 ≤ ''k'' ≤ ''n'' − 1, ''n'' = len(''S''). We assert that if this holds, then ''S'' has some pair of stacked ''k''-steps, say (''S''(''n''<sub>0</sub>), ''S''(''n''<sub>0</sub> + ''k'')) (''S''(''n''<sub>0</sub> + ''k''), ''S''(''n''<sub>0</sub> + 2''k'')), whose sizes ''t''<sub>0</sub>, ''t''<sub>1</sub> are unequal and both contained in [''m''<sub>''k''</sub>, ''M''<sub>''k''</sub>]. This is because such intervals [''t''<sub>0</sub>, ''t''<sub>1</sub>] or [''t''<sub>1</sub>, ''t''<sub>0</sub>] must cover [''m''<sub>''k''</sub>, ''M''<sub>k</sub>]. Indeed, if a circle of stacked ''k''-steps in ''S'' has the ''k''-step ''M''<sub>''k''</sub>, that circle must also have a ''k''-step smaller than ''k''/gcd(''n'', ''k'') steps of ''n''/gcd(''n'', ''k'')-ed''E'', and by symmetry, the previous clause holds when "''M''<sub>''k''</sub>" and "smaller" are replaced with "''m''<sub>''k''</sub>" and "larger". | For the forward direction, we wish to show that the interleaving condition is violated if ''m''<sub>''k''</sub> < ''M''<sub>''k''</sub> and δ ∈ [''m''<sub>''k''</sub>, ''M''<sub>''k''</sub>] for some ''k'', 1 ≤ ''k'' ≤ ''n'' − 1, ''n'' = len(''S''). We assert that if this holds, then ''S'' has some pair of stacked ''k''-steps, say (''S''(''n''<sub>0</sub>), ''S''(''n''<sub>0</sub> + ''k'')) (''S''(''n''<sub>0</sub> + ''k''), ''S''(''n''<sub>0</sub> + 2''k'')), whose sizes ''t''<sub>0</sub>, ''t''<sub>1</sub> are unequal and both contained in [''m''<sub>''k''</sub>, ''M''<sub>''k''</sub>]. This is because such intervals [''t''<sub>0</sub>, ''t''<sub>1</sub>] or [''t''<sub>1</sub>, ''t''<sub>0</sub>] must cover [''m''<sub>''k''</sub>, ''M''<sub>k</sub>]. Indeed, if a circle of stacked ''k''-steps in ''S'' has the ''k''-step ''M''<sub>''k''</sub>, that circle must also have a ''k''-step smaller than ''k''/gcd(''n'', ''k'') steps of ''n''/gcd(''n'', ''k'')-ed''E'', and by symmetry, the previous clause holds when "''M''<sub>''k''</sub>" and "smaller" are replaced with "''m''<sub>''k''</sub>" and "larger". | ||