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||(a, b, c)||_hahn = max(|a|, |b|, |c|, |a+b|, |b+c|, |c+a|, |a+b+c|) | ||(a, b, c)||_hahn = max(|a|, |b|, |c|, |a+b|, |b+c|, |c+a|, |a+b+c|) | ||
If we do that, Hahn distance becomes a norm defining a normed vector space, which we might call Hahn space, and 5 or 7 limit classes of intervals become a lattice. While Hahn space is not Euclidean, the distance measure it gives is not too different from the symmetrical Euclidean distance given by | If we do that, Hahn distance becomes a norm defining a normed vector space, which we might call Hahn space, and 5 or 7 limit classes of intervals become a lattice. While Hahn space is not Euclidean, the distance measure it gives is not too different from the symmetrical Euclidean distance given by | ||
||(a, b, c)||_sym = | ||(a, b, c)||_sym = √(a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + ab + bc + ca) | ||
and discussed [[The Seven Limit Symmetrical Lattices|here]]. We can regard Hahn distance as an alternative to symmetrical Euclidean distance which is more closely tied to the consonance graph of the lattice. | and discussed [[The Seven Limit Symmetrical Lattices|here]]. We can regard Hahn distance as an alternative to symmetrical Euclidean distance which is more closely tied to the consonance graph of the lattice. | ||
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||(a, b, c)||_hahn = max(|a|, |b|, |c|, |a+b|, |b+c|, |c+a|, |a+b+c|)<br /> | ||(a, b, c)||_hahn = max(|a|, |b|, |c|, |a+b|, |b+c|, |c+a|, |a+b+c|)<br /> | ||
If we do that, Hahn distance becomes a norm defining a normed vector space, which we might call Hahn space, and 5 or 7 limit classes of intervals become a lattice. While Hahn space is not Euclidean, the distance measure it gives is not too different from the symmetrical Euclidean distance given by<br /> | If we do that, Hahn distance becomes a norm defining a normed vector space, which we might call Hahn space, and 5 or 7 limit classes of intervals become a lattice. While Hahn space is not Euclidean, the distance measure it gives is not too different from the symmetrical Euclidean distance given by<br /> | ||
||(a, b, c)||_sym = | ||(a, b, c)||_sym = √(a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + ab + bc + ca)<br /> | ||
and discussed <a class="wiki_link" href="/The%20Seven%20Limit%20Symmetrical%20Lattices">here</a>. We can regard Hahn distance as an alternative to symmetrical Euclidean distance which is more closely tied to the consonance graph of the lattice.</body></html></pre></div> | and discussed <a class="wiki_link" href="/The%20Seven%20Limit%20Symmetrical%20Lattices">here</a>. We can regard Hahn distance as an alternative to symmetrical Euclidean distance which is more closely tied to the consonance graph of the lattice.</body></html></pre></div> | ||