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π is not "wrong", that doesn't make any sense. However, I agree with the author that expressing things by using π is more complicated and not as elegant as expr
by 4ad 15y ago
π is not "wrong", that doesn't make any sense. However, I agree with the author that expressing things by using π is more complicated and not as elegant as expressing things with τ.
- FaceKicker 15y agoFourth paragraph: > It should be obvious that π is not “wrong” in the sense of being factually incorrect; the number π is perfectly well-defined, and it has all the properties normally ascribed to it by mathematicians. When we say that “π is wrong”, we mean that π is a confusing and unnatural choice for the circle constant.
- 4ad 15y agoYes, the article is correct and I agree with it, I just feel the wording is unfortunate.
- breckinloggins 15y agoThe wording is marketing.
- mhartl 15y agoTrue, and it's not even my marketing; it comes from Bob Palais' original article "Pi Is Wrong!".
- nandemo 15y agoI don't give a damn about tau. On the other hand, the way π iｓ rendered on Firefox on Windows is so wrong... it looks just like a small version of Π (capital pi), or the Cyrillic small Pe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe_%28Cyrillic%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe_%28Cyrillic%29