Rainy–didacus equivalence continuum

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The rainy–didacus continuum is the continuum of 2.5.7 subgroup temperaments which equate a number of rainy commas with the didacus comma (3136/3125), and thus is the continuum of all 2.5.7 subgroup temperaments supported by 31edo, which tempers both and thus tempers all linear combinations of them. If one wants to use all of these simultaneously but wants more accurate tuning than 31edo for the other primes, then 31st-octave temperaments extending birds may be interesting.

All temperaments in the continuum satisfy (2100875/2097152)n ~ (3136/3125) for some rational value of n. The just value of n is approximately 1.981... so that n = 2 is especially close to the JIP.

Temperaments in the continuum
n Temperament Comma
Ratio Monzo
−2 2.5.7 Mothra 69206436005/68719476736 [-36 0 1 12
−1 Mercy (2.5.7 Miracle) 823543/819200 [-15 0 -2 7
−0.5 2.5.7 Myna 40353607/40000000 [-9 0 -7 9
0 Didacus 3136/3125 [6 0 -5 2
0.5 2.5.7 Grendel 8589934592/8544921875 [33 0 -13 -1
1 Vorwell 134217728/133984375 [27 0 -8 -3
1.5 31 & 494 37778931862957161709568/37714514598846435546875 [75 0 -19 -11
2 Exodia (2.5.7 Mohajira) 281484423828125/281474976710656 [-48 0 11 8
3 31 & 612 591363588909912109375/590295810358705651712 [-69 0 14 13
Rainy 2100875/2097152 [-21 0 3 5

Temperaments

Exodia

Exodia is the 2.5.7 subgroup restriction of mohajira, but unlike mohajira, is a true microtemperament, supported among others by 789edo, 1957edo, and 5902edo, extremely strong systems in this subgroup.

Subgroup: 2.5.7

Comma list: 281484423828125/281474976710656

Mapping: [1 0 6], 0 8 -11]]

Optimal tuning (CWE): ~2 = 1\1, ~262144/214375 = 348.289

Optimal ET sequence31, 224, 255, 286, 317, 348, 379, 410, 789

Badness (Sintel): 0.0148