Commuting groups and the topos of triads

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-21590-2_6MaRDI QIDQ3009791zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Thomas M. Fiore, Thomas Noll

Publication date 24 June 2011

Published in Mathematics and Computation in Music (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.1496

zbMATH Keywords

dualityhexatonic systemsoctatonicPLR-groupsub dual groupstopostopos of triadstriadic monoid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematics and music (00A65) Topoi (18B25)

Abstract: The goal of this article is to clarify the relationship between the topos of triads and the neo-Riemannian PLR-group. To do this, we first develop some theory of generalized interval systems: 1) we prove the well known fact that every pair of dual groups is isomorphic to the left and right regular representations of some group (Cayley's Theorem), 2) given a simply transitive group action, we show how to construct the dual group, and 3) given two dual groups, we show how to easily construct sub dual groups. Examples of this construction of sub dual groups include Cohn's hexatonic systems, as well as the octatonic systems. We then enumerate all Z_{12}-subsets which are invariant under the triadic monoid and admit a simply transitive PLR-subgroup action on their maximal triadic covers. As a corollary, we realize all four hexatonic systems and all three octatonic systems as Lawvere--Tierney upgrades of consonant triads.

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