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Random speculation: Maybe pi was chosen because the symbol for tau (τ) is hard to distinguish from a ‘T’ when hand-written? BTW, I don't mean to take anything
by superchink 15y ago
Random speculation: Maybe pi was chosen because the symbol for tau (τ) is hard to distinguish from a ‘T’ when hand-written?
BTW, I don't mean to take anything away from your comment; that link was awesome.
- VMG 15y agoWhen π was "invented" it could have been 2 x 3.141. The author makes a case for tau because it is too late to redefine π