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Obligatory rant that tau is better than pi. Tau (2 * pi) is a better constant. Especially for teaching people trigonometry. It makes radians so much more intui
by rocqua 5y ago
Obligatory rant that tau is better than pi.
Tau (2 * pi) is a better constant. Especially for teaching people trigonometry.
It makes radians so much more intuitive (90 degree angle becomes 1/4th tau radians).
In general, mathematics characterizes circles by their radius, not their diameter.
Tau codifies this practice by giving us the relation between a circles radius, and its circumference.
This isn't a change that will make academic mathematics better. Its a change that will make high-school mathematics better. If anything, that makes it more important.
/rant