source file: m1388.txt
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 15:15:58 -0500 (CDT)

Subject: Re: Continued Fraction Problems

From: Paul Hahn <Paul-Hahn@library.wustl.edu>

On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Drew Skyfyre wrote:
> 2)In Dunne's excursion into using the maj 3rd (5/4) for the computation 
> (on how many notes could be there in an ET octave), where ( log[2](5/4) = 
> log[2](5) - log[2](4) )He says "since log[2](4) is an integer,the crux of 
> the approximation is
> that of log[2](5) . Why is log [2](4) to be ignored ?

Because 4/1 is a double octave, and (guessing here since I haven't read
the book) if he's only considering integral ETs, octaves will always be
perfect and will not affect the errors/deviations that he's computing.

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