Prolation Prolation Prolation is a term used in the theory of the mensural notation of medieval and Renaissance music to describe its rhythmic structure on a small scale, as opposed to "tempus", which described a larger scale. The term "prolation" is derived from the Latin "prolatio", first used by Philippe de Vitry in describing Ars Nova, a musical style that came about in 14th-century France. Prolation, together with tempus, corresponds roughly to the concept of time signature in modern music. Prolation describes whether a semibreve (whole note) is equal in length to two minims (half notes) ("minor prolation" or "imperfect prolation";
Time value of money not already occurred), or simply not define the value at that point. In case the discount rate is constant, formula_47 this simplifies to where formula_49 is "time remaining until cash flow". Thus for a stream of cash flows "f"("u") ending by time "T" (which can be set to formula_50 for no time horizon) the value at time "t," formula_51 is given by combining the values of these individual cash flows: This formalizes time value of money to future values of cash flows with varying discount rates, and is the basis of many formulas in financial mathematics, such as the Black–Scholes