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authorjulian laplace <julescarbon@gmail.com>2025-08-12 15:39:30 +0200
committerjulian laplace <julescarbon@gmail.com>2025-08-12 15:39:30 +0200
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numerator and denominator that are both whole numbers. Notes in equal
temperament, however, are separated by a semitone of 1 to the 12th
root of 2 (1:<super>12</super>√2), an irrational number, and can only
- be approximated by rationals. By definition, any real number might be
- at the theoretical limit of the Lambdoma in any direction, but by
- definition these numbers are not rational numbers, and are thus only
- approximated by the intervals of the Lambdoma.
+ be approximated by rationals. While all rational numbers are real
+ numbers, not all real numbers are rational, and true equal-tempered
+ invervals are only <i>approximated</i> by the intervals of the
+ Lambdoma.
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@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@
to the natural numbers. Though there are infinitely many rational
numbers, by their nature they are discrete, countable, and not
completely dense. Between any two rational numbers, there lies an
- uncountable continuity of real numbers in ℝ.
+ uncountable continuity of irrational real numbers in ℝ.
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<h2>thank you!</h2>
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@
support!
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- <p>Jules LaPlace / <a href="/">asdf.us</a> / 2018-2025</p>
+ <p>Jules LaPlace / <a href="/">asdf.us</a> / 2017-2025</p>
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