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The concept of a TOP tuning was first suggested by [[Paul Erlich]], who gave it its name, which stands for both Tenney OPtimal and Tempered Octaves Please, the latter due to the fact that usually the octaves are tempered. | The concept of a TOP tuning was first suggested by [[Paul Erlich]], who gave it its name, which stands for both Tenney OPtimal and Tempered Octaves Please, the latter due to the fact that usually the octaves are tempered. | ||
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For a tuning T and absolute proportional error E = APE(T), consider the set S of all rational q>0 such that PE(q) = E. If a and b are elements of s, then PE(ab) = E. Hence S is a semigroup under multiplcation, with the structure of a finitely generated free abelian semigroup. A minimal set of generators consists of a finite set of primes or the inverses of primes, where one or the other is chosen so they are tuned sharply, which entails that PE(q)>1 in each case. This is the //sharp semigroup//; inverting the elements of S leads to a mirror image flat semigroup. This has the consequence that the tuning of S is defined entirely by the tuning of the primes in the sharp semigroup S or in the corresponding flat semigroup. From this we may conclude that E is the minimal weighted L-inf error and TOP tuning may also be defined as the minimal weighted L-inf error tuning.</pre></div> | For a tuning T and absolute proportional error E = APE(T), consider the set S of all rational q>0 such that PE(q) = E. If a and b are elements of s, then PE(ab) = E. Hence S is a semigroup under multiplcation, with the structure of a finitely generated free abelian semigroup. A minimal set of generators consists of a finite set of primes or the inverses of primes, where one or the other is chosen so they are tuned sharply, which entails that PE(q)>1 in each case. This is the //sharp semigroup//; inverting the elements of S leads to a mirror image flat semigroup. This has the consequence that the tuning of S is defined entirely by the tuning of the primes in the sharp semigroup S or in the corresponding flat semigroup. From this we may conclude that E is the minimal weighted L-inf error and TOP tuning may also be defined as the minimal weighted L-inf error tuning.</pre></div> | ||
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The concept of a TOP tuning was first suggested by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Paul%20Erlich">Paul Erlich</a>, who gave it its name, which stands for both Tenney OPtimal and Tempered Octaves Please, the latter due to the fact that usually the octaves are tempered.<br /> | The concept of a TOP tuning was first suggested by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Paul%20Erlich">Paul Erlich</a>, who gave it its name, which stands for both Tenney OPtimal and Tempered Octaves Please, the latter due to the fact that usually the octaves are tempered.<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:4:&lt;h1&gt; --><h1 id="toc2"><a name="Maximal error semigroups | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:4:&lt;h1&gt; --><h1 id="toc2"><a name="Maximal error semigroups"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:4 -->Maximal error semigroups</h1> | ||
For a tuning T and absolute proportional error E = APE(T), consider the set S of all rational q&gt;0 such that PE(q) = E. If a and b are elements of s, then PE(ab) = E. Hence S is a semigroup under multiplcation, with the structure of a finitely generated free abelian semigroup. A minimal set of generators consists of a finite set of primes or the inverses of primes, where one or the other is chosen so they are tuned sharply, which entails that PE(q)&gt;1 in each case. This is the <em>sharp semigroup</em>; inverting the elements of S leads to a mirror image flat semigroup. This has the consequence that the tuning of S is defined entirely by the tuning of the primes in the sharp semigroup S or in the corresponding flat semigroup. From this we may conclude that E is the minimal weighted L-inf error and TOP tuning may also be defined as the minimal weighted L-inf error tuning.</body></html></pre></div> | For a tuning T and absolute proportional error E = APE(T), consider the set S of all rational q&gt;0 such that PE(q) = E. If a and b are elements of s, then PE(ab) = E. Hence S is a semigroup under multiplcation, with the structure of a finitely generated free abelian semigroup. A minimal set of generators consists of a finite set of primes or the inverses of primes, where one or the other is chosen so they are tuned sharply, which entails that PE(q)&gt;1 in each case. This is the <em>sharp semigroup</em>; inverting the elements of S leads to a mirror image flat semigroup. This has the consequence that the tuning of S is defined entirely by the tuning of the primes in the sharp semigroup S or in the corresponding flat semigroup. From this we may conclude that E is the minimal weighted L-inf error and TOP tuning may also be defined as the minimal weighted L-inf error tuning.</body></html></pre></div> | ||