Happy Tau Day
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#2The mathematical world is as full of lonely pi's, as it is of 2*pi's. Now we need to move to tau/2 and tau, only to get a pi-manifesto in a couple of decades.
Previous discussions:
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#3"Almost anything you can do in maths with pi you can do with tau anyway,"
WTF is this? I'm eagerly awaiting an explanation of what you can do with X that you can't do with 2X.
It's a moot anal point. X or 2Y, using one over the other doesn't solve anything.
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#4The mathematical world is as full of lonely pi's, as it is of 2*pi's. Now we need to move to tau/2 and tau, only to get a pi-manifesto in a couple of decades. Previous discussions: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1468341 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2322666
I like the compromise of using Tau and its fractions when it makes sense and using a single Pi when it's not so intuitively-connected with a circle. e.g. \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} e^{−x^2} dx = \sqrt{\pi}.
Plus Tau Day's a fun excuse to eat two pies.
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#5ALSO: HAPPY CAPS LOCK DAY!
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#6"Almost anything you can do in maths with pi you can do with tau anyway," WTF is this? I'm eagerly awaiting an explanation of what you can do with X that you can't do with 2X. It's a moot anal point. X or 2Y, using one over the other doesn't solve anything.
It doesn't solve anything, but it makes certain formulae and relationships more intuitive. Have you read the Tau Manifesto?
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#7"Almost anything you can do in maths with pi you can do with tau anyway," WTF is this? I'm eagerly awaiting an explanation of what you can do with X that you can't do with 2X. It's a moot anal point. X or 2Y, using one over the other doesn't solve anything.
It doesn't solve anything, but it makes certain formulae and relationships more intuitive. Have you read the Tau Manifesto?
More intuitive? If you're phased by the odd 2 or 1/2 here or there in maths, it's probably not the right discipline for you.
Far more important step for mathematicians would be to switch from base 10 to something more useful like base 8.
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#8If it's not broken, don't fix it. I don't see pi broken as it has been used for _centuries_. Why should we change it all of a sudden? To signify that we're into a new era? The Tau era?
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#9It's Tau Day, Tau Day,
Gotta get round on Tau Day
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#10Simple and relevant! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG7vhMMXagQ