5040edo
5040 equal divisions of the octave (5040edo) divides the octave into steps of 238 millicents each, or exactly 5/21 of a cent.
Number history
5040 is a factorial (7! = 1·2·3·4·5·6·7), superabundant, and a highly composite number. 5040 is the 19th superabundant and highly composite EDO, and it marks the end of the sequence where superabundant and highly composite numbers are the same - 7560 is the first highly composite that isn't superabundant.
Ancient Greek philosopher Plato suggested that 5040 is the ideal number of people in a city, owing to it's large divisibility and a bunch of other traits.
5040 is a sum of 43 consecutive primes, running from 23 to 229 inclusive.
Theory
| Harmonic | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 29 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error | Absolute (¢) | +0.000 | -0.050 | +0.115 | -0.016 | +0.111 | -0.051 | +0.045 | +0.106 | +0.059 | -0.053 |
| Relative (%) | +0.0 | -21.1 | +48.2 | -6.9 | +46.5 | -21.6 | +18.7 | +44.5 | +24.8 | -22.4 | |
| Steps (reduced) |
5040 (0) |
7988 (2948) |
11703 (1623) |
14149 (4069) |
17436 (2316) |
18650 (3530) |
20601 (441) |
21410 (1250) |
22799 (2639) |
24484 (4324) | |
| Prime p | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contorsion order | 5040 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 63 | 10 | 7 |
5040 is both a superabundant and a highly composite number, meaning its amount of symmetrical chords and subscales increases to a record, and the amount of notes which make up those scales, if stretched end-to-end, also is largest relative to the number's size.
The best subgroup in the patent val for 5040edo is 2.7.13.17.29.31.41.47.61.67.
5040 is contorted order-4 in the 3-limit and contorted order-2 in the 5-limit in the 5040c val. In the 5040cdd val, ⟨5040 7988 11072 14148], it is contorted order 2 in the 7-limit and tempers out 2401/2400 and 4375/4374. Under such a val, the 5th harmonic comes from 315edo, and the 7th ultimately derives from 140edo.
It tempers out 9801/9800 in the 11-limit.
Scales
- Consecutive[43]
References
- Wikipedia Contributors. 5040 (number)
- https://mathworld.wolfram.com/PlatosNumbers.html