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TE complexity: explanation via Mike Battaglia (archive #20598)
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== TE complexity ==
== TE complexity ==
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TE complexity is the average hypervolume of the parallelepipeds formed by any ''n'' linearly independent generators which form and saturate that lattice. Since this is exactly the same thing as the magnitude of the multivector formed by those vectors, TE complexity is the exact same thing as the average of the coefficients of the [[wedgie]] for that temperament.
 
Given a [[wedgie]] ''M'', that is a canonically reduced ''r''-val correspondng to a temperament of rank ''r'', the norm ‖''M''is a measure of the complexity of ''M''; that is, how many notes in some sort of weighted average it takes to get to intervals. For 1-vals, for instance, it is approximately equal to the number of scale steps it takes to reach an octave.  


Let us define the val weighting matrix ''W'' to be the {{w|diagonal matrix}} with values 1, 1/log<sub>2</sub>3, 1/log<sub>2</sub>5 … 1/log<sub>2</sub>''p'' along the diagonal. For the prime basis {{nowrap|''Q'' {{=}} {{val| 2 3 5 … ''p'' }} }},  
Let us define the val weighting matrix ''W'' to be the {{w|diagonal matrix}} with values 1, 1/log<sub>2</sub>3, 1/log<sub>2</sub>5 … 1/log<sub>2</sub>''p'' along the diagonal. For the prime basis {{nowrap|''Q'' {{=}} {{val| 2 3 5 … ''p'' }} }},  
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If ''V'' is the mapping matrix of a temperament, then ''V<sub>W</sub>'' {{=}} ''VW'' is the mapping matrix in the weighted space, its rows being the weighted vals (''v''<sub>''w''</sub>)<sub>''i''</sub>.  
If ''V'' is the mapping matrix of a temperament, then ''V<sub>W</sub>'' {{=}} ''VW'' is the mapping matrix in the weighted space, its rows being the weighted vals (''v''<sub>''w''</sub>)<sub>''i''</sub>.  
Given a wedgie ''M'', that is a canonically reduced ''r''-val correspondng to a temperament of rank ''r'', the norm ‖''M''‖ is a measure of the complexity of ''M''; that is, how many notes in some sort of weighted average it takes to get to intervals. For 1-vals, for instance, it is approximately equal to the number of scale steps it takes to reach an octave.


Our first complexity measure of a temperament is given by the ''L''<sup>2</sup> norm of the Tenney-weighted wedgie ''M''<sub>''W''</sub>, which can in turn be obtained from the Tenney-weighted mapping matrix ''V''<sub>''W''</sub>. This complexity can be easily computed either from the wedgie or from the mapping matrix, using the {{w|Gramian matrix|Gramian}}:  
Our first complexity measure of a temperament is given by the ''L''<sup>2</sup> norm of the Tenney-weighted wedgie ''M''<sub>''W''</sub>, which can in turn be obtained from the Tenney-weighted mapping matrix ''V''<sub>''W''</sub>. This complexity can be easily computed either from the wedgie or from the mapping matrix, using the {{w|Gramian matrix|Gramian}}: