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Electrons exhibiting negative charge is something that would be difficult to fix because the fix would result in a lot of confusion. Using tau as the circle co
by anonymoushn 16y ago
Electrons exhibiting negative charge is something that would be difficult to fix because the fix would result in a lot of confusion. Using tau as the circle constant doesn't cause nearly as many problems. I don't see it as a joke; we should do it.
- amalcon 16y agoIt strikes me as more analogous to using j = sqrt(-1) so that it doesn't conflict with current: it works fine, but you're never going to get everyone to do it because people want the papers to stay consistent. Actually, in this case, there's a particular discipline that's especially inconvenienced (physicists, due to the torque conflict). Contrast with j: there's a particular discipline that benefits, and they use j=sqrt(-1) all the time.