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Post by principled on Jun 28, 2011 11:37:28 GMT 1
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Post by striker16 on Nov 18, 2011 20:12:40 GMT 1
I didn't really understand the video but the upshot seems to be that using Tau instead of Pi is a more natural way of expressing properties of a circle. |
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Post by principled on Nov 18, 2011 22:03:12 GMT 1
Hi striker
It's the fact that many formulae use 2pi and it would be simpler to replace this with Tau. It would seem that amongst some scientists this really gets them hot under the collar. Personally, it seems a bit of a non-event , but hey what do I know?
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Post by striker16 on Nov 18, 2011 22:10:17 GMT 1
Hi striker It's the fact that many formulae use 2pi and it would be simpler to replace this with Tau. It would seem that amongst some scientists this really gets them hot under the collar. Personally, it seems a bit of a non-event , but hey what do I know? P Are you a mathematician? |
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Post by principled on Nov 19, 2011 11:00:56 GMT 1
Striker I wish. No, I am (was!) a lowly mechanical engineer. I'm just amazed how much interest this issue provoked. If you are interested here's the Tau manifesto! (see tauday.com/ ) P |
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