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heuristic complexity

[Paul Erlich, private communication with Joe Monzo]

For a unison-vector n/d [n = numerator, d = denominator, of a musical frequency ratio], which is a ratio-of R, the heuristic for complexity is log(R).

The complexity heuristic is identical to /Kees van Prooijen's 'expressibility' measure

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