Cantilave

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Interval information
Expression [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{\text{root of }1+\cos(\sqrt{x})\cosh(\sqrt{x})\text{ near }x=22}{\text{root of }1+\cos(\sqrt{x})\cosh(\sqrt{x})\text{ near }x=3.5} }[/math]
Size in cents 3177.3¢
Name cantilave
Harmonic entropy
(Shannon, [math]\displaystyle{ \sqrt{nd} }[/math])
~3.80433 bits

The cantilave is the ratio between the second partial and the fundamental frequency of a cantilevered (i.e. one end fixed, the other end clamped) thin bar.

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