Chalmersia
| Ratio | 123201/123200 |
| Factorization | 2-6 × 36 × 5-2 × 7-1 × 11-1 × 132 |
| Monzo | [-6 6 -2 -1 -1 2⟩ |
| Size in cents | 0.014052167¢ |
| Name | chalmersia |
| Color name | Lathotholurugugu comma |
| FJS name | [math]\text{d1}^{13,13}_{5,5,7,11}[/math] |
| Special properties | square superparticular, reduced |
| Tenney height (log2 nd) | 33.8213 |
| Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) | 33.8213 |
| Wilson height (sopfr (nd)) | 84 |
| Harmonic entropy (Shannon, [math]\sqrt{n\cdot d}[/math]) |
~2.3983 bits |
| Comma size | unnoticeable |
| S-expressions | S351, S78 / S80 |
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The chalmersia is an unnoticeable 13-limit comma with a ratio of 123201/123200 and a size of approximately 0.014 ¢. It is the smallest 13-limit superparticular comma. Tempering it out equates 351/350 and 352/351, thus splitting 176/175 into two, and equates 385/351 and 351/320, thus splitting 77/64 into two – these are features highly characteristic of chalmersic temperaments. In addition, it equates a stack consisting of a 729/512 tritone plus a 169/128 grave fourth with a stack consisting of a 25/16 augmented fifth plus a 77/64 minor third.
It factors into the two smallest 17-limit superparticular ratios: 123201/123200 = (194481/194480)(336141/336140).
Etymology
The chalmersia was named by Gene Ward Smith in 2003 after John Chalmers[1].
- The remarkable 123201/123200 might be named the chalmersia, since John Chalmers is presumably the first to see it.
—Gene Ward Smith