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An alternating [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilinear_map|multilinear map]] which is a multilinear function taking a certain number n of monzos as arguments and returning an integer as a value we may call an **n-map**. This definition is quite a mouthful, and we will attempt to unpack it in more comprehensible language and explain why these things are valuable in tuning theory. The simplest kind of n-map is the 1-map, or [[Vals and Tuning Space|val]]. This takes p-limit rational numbers, which may be written as monzos, and returns an integer, and may be called both a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_homomorphism|group homomorphism]] and a [[http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ModuleHomomorphism.html|module homomorphism]]. Vals are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_map|linear]]: if you take the product of two p-limit rationals (or equivalently, add the corresponding monzos) then the val applied to the sum is the sum of the val applied to each separately, and so forth. Next come the 2-maps. These are linear functions f(u,v), linear for u fixing v, and linear for v fixing u, and alternating. meaning that f(u,u)=0 and f(u,v)=-f(v,u).
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<html><head><title>Wedgies and Multivals</title></head><body>An alternating <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilinear_map" rel="nofollow">multilinear map</a> which is a multilinear function taking a certain number n of monzos as arguments and returning an integer as a value we may call an <strong>n-map</strong>. This definition is quite a mouthful, and we will attempt to unpack it in more comprehensible language and explain why these things are valuable in tuning theory. <br /> <br /> The simplest kind of n-map is the 1-map, or <a class="wiki_link" href="/Vals%20and%20Tuning%20Space">val</a>. This takes p-limit rational numbers, which may be written as monzos, and returns an integer, and may be called both a <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_homomorphism" rel="nofollow">group homomorphism</a> and a <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ModuleHomomorphism.html" rel="nofollow">module homomorphism</a>. Vals are <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_map" rel="nofollow">linear</a>: if you take the product of two p-limit rationals (or equivalently, add the corresponding monzos) then the val applied to the sum is the sum of the val applied to each separately, and so forth. Next come the 2-maps. These are linear functions f(u,v), linear for u fixing v, and linear for v fixing u, and alternating. meaning that f(u,u)=0 and f(u,v)=-f(v,u).</body></html>