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Tau is only convenient in geometry. In calculus, Pi rules the day because the natural unit is radians. Since I like calculus more than geometry, I won't be acce
by lmkg 16y ago
Tau is only convenient in geometry. In calculus, Pi rules the day because the natural unit is radians. Since I like calculus more than geometry, I won't be accepting Tau anytime soon.
- loup-vaillant 16y agoThen why the full angle is 2 dammed Pi radians? I prefer the simpler Tau radians instead.
- dougws 16y agoRead the Tau Manifesto (linked int he article). He covers that and shows why Tau is easier to use there, too. Dude was a physics prof at Caltech; I think calculus is sort of important to him, too.
- ddlatham 16y agoIf your natural unit is radians, then you're arguing for tau rather than against it. How many radians in the circle? Tau How many in half a circle? Tau / 2 How many in a quarter turn? Tau / 4 Much better than mentally switching from a quarter circle to half a pi. And if you're using it in calculus, it's more natural to integrate from 0 to Tau than from 0 to 2 Pi.
- sophacles 16y agoWait.. 1. Calculus was invented to make the geometry easier -- basically opposing geometry and calculus is a broken idea. 2. Geometers use radians too. 3. All the stuff other repliers said about 1 tau radians...