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A '''patent interval''' of a (usually but not necessarily just) interval is the number of | A '''patent interval''' of a (usually but not necessarily just) interval in a given [[edo]] is the number of edo steps of the best approximation of an interval in that edo. It's calculated by [[rounding]] the product of [[Wikipedia: binary logarithm| binary logarithm]] (''log2'') of the interval ratio (''r'') and the edo number (''nEdo''). | ||
round(log2(r)*nEdo) | round(log2(r)*nEdo) | ||
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A [[patent val]] is the best mapping of a representative set of intervals in a given | A [[patent val]] is the best mapping of a representative set of intervals in a given edo; for the ''p''-[[prime limit]] this set consists of [[prime interval]]s. | ||
[[Category:Terms]] | [[Category:Terms]] | ||
[[Category:Method]] | [[Category:Method]] | ||
[[Category:Val]] | [[Category:Val]] | ||