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===First definition of a Fokker block===  
===First definition of a Fokker block===  
There exist positive real numbers t1, ... tn, positive integers e1, ..., en, and positive real numbers a1, ...., an with e1+e2+...+en = N,
Now set P = v1(2) and choose two sets of n positive integers e1, ..., en, and a1, ...., an with e1+e2+...+en = P and ak &lt; P; and let ti = log2(ci), choosing the e1 so that e1*t1+e2*t2+...+en*tn=1. Now define a function on the integers by
e1*t1 + ... + en*tn = O, and ak &lt; 1 so that


S[i] = floor((e1/N)*i + a1)*t1+...+floor((en/N)*i + an)*tn</pre></div>
S[i] = floor((e1*i + a1)/P)*t1 + ... + floor((en*i + an)/P)*tn
 
Here floor(x) is the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floor_and_ceiling_functions|floor function]], the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasiperiodic_function|quasiperiodic function]] returning the largest integer less than or equal to x. When i=0, since ak &lt; N each term is 0 and so S[0] = 0. Since for integer j, floor(x+j) = floor(x) + j, we have
 
S[i + P] = S[i] + e1*t1 + e2*t2 + ... + en*tn = S[i] + 1
 
Hence S satisfies the conditions for being a [[Periodic scale|periodic scale]], and since our unit of measurement is the octave, ie we are using log base two to define intervals, the repetition interval 1 represents an octave. This gives us our first definition of Fokker block.</pre></div>
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;Fokker blocks&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Fokker block&lt;/strong&gt; is one of the most notable inventions of the physicist and music theorist &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaan_Fokker" rel="nofollow"&gt;Adriaan Fokker&lt;/a&gt;. While the idea generalizes easily to &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/just%20intonation%20subgroups"&gt;just intonation subgroups&lt;/a&gt;, for ease of exposition we will suppose that we are in a &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Harmonic%20Limit"&gt;p-limit&lt;/a&gt; situation with n=pi(p) primes up to an including p.&lt;br /&gt;
<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;Fokker blocks&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Fokker block&lt;/strong&gt; is one of the most notable inventions of the physicist and music theorist &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaan_Fokker" rel="nofollow"&gt;Adriaan Fokker&lt;/a&gt;. While the idea generalizes easily to &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/just%20intonation%20subgroups"&gt;just intonation subgroups&lt;/a&gt;, for ease of exposition we will suppose that we are in a &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Harmonic%20Limit"&gt;p-limit&lt;/a&gt; situation with n=pi(p) primes up to an including p.&lt;br /&gt;
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  There exist positive real numbers t1, ... tn, positive integers e1, ..., en, and positive real numbers a1, ...., an with e1+e2+...+en = N,&lt;br /&gt;
  Now set P = v1(2) and choose two sets of n positive integers e1, ..., en, and a1, ...., an with e1+e2+...+en = P and ak &amp;lt; P; and let ti = log2(ci), choosing the e1 so that e1*t1+e2*t2+...+en*tn=1. Now define a function on the integers by&lt;br /&gt;
e1*t1 + ... + en*tn = O, and ak &amp;lt; 1 so that&lt;br /&gt;
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S[i] = floor((e1*i + a1)/P)*t1 + ... + floor((en*i + an)/P)*tn&lt;br /&gt;
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Here floor(x) is the &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floor_and_ceiling_functions" rel="nofollow"&gt;floor function&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasiperiodic_function" rel="nofollow"&gt;quasiperiodic function&lt;/a&gt; returning the largest integer less than or equal to x. When i=0, since ak &amp;lt; N each term is 0 and so S[0] = 0. Since for integer j, floor(x+j) = floor(x) + j, we have&lt;br /&gt;
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S[i + P] = S[i] + e1*t1 + e2*t2 + ... + en*tn = S[i] + 1&lt;br /&gt;
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S[i] = floor((e1/N)*i + a1)*t1+...+floor((en/N)*i + an)*tn&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
Hence S satisfies the conditions for being a &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Periodic%20scale"&gt;periodic scale&lt;/a&gt;, and since our unit of measurement is the octave, ie we are using log base two to define intervals, the repetition interval 1 represents an octave. This gives us our first definition of Fokker block.&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>