EPTPalais' idea of changing the definition of pi itself would be terrible though. =P
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Krivvan
Canada18 Posts
Palais' idea of changing the definition of pi itself would be terrible though. =P | ||
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sparC
Germany162 Posts
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Jhuyt
Sweden365 Posts
On July 02 2011 11:35 L3gendary wrote: I say no, just for the sake of Euler's identity. Euler's Identity for life man! | ||
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Ender985
Spain910 Posts
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exKid
United Kingdom118 Posts
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Klive5ive
United Kingdom6056 Posts
You didn't watch the video, it gets even better! e^(i(tau)) = 1 | ||
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theSkareqro
Singapore102 Posts
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SnetteL
Belgium473 Posts
As an engineer I use pi divided and multiplied by a lot of numbers. To be honest i'd rather use pi/4 and 4pi than pi/8 en 2pi. If you wanna 'balance' pi you should prepare for gathering a lot of statistics. Changing all the notebooks, people will get irritated, not worth it. | ||
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Eiii
United States2566 Posts
On July 02 2011 19:50 Klive5ive wrote: You didn't watch the video, it gets even better! e^(i(tau)) = 1 Well of course that's true, but then you lose the zero  | ||
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Deleted_143
Australia256 Posts
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seenster
Germany385 Posts
On July 02 2011 13:44 Plexa wrote: As a mathematician. This is trivial. | ||
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Mykill
Canada3402 Posts
tau pi... whatever. | ||
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Piste
6175 Posts
like metric system is used becouse it's way more useful than imperial. | ||
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Iplaythings
Denmark9110 Posts
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OrchidThief
Denmark2298 Posts
On July 02 2011 19:51 theSkareqro wrote: I study chemical engineering and tau represents something already in a formula. Its gonna be confusing as hell if it catches on. Pi is used as symbols in formulas as well. As a physicist I think this change makes a lot of sense. If nothing else, then just because plancks constant/reduced would be a lot easier to remember. If it helps people understand the basic math better for some then by all means. The biggest effect for anyone with an understanding beyond basic geometry/trigonometry, would be having to write less on blackboards, on computers and so on. | ||
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Patat0r
France142 Posts
On July 02 2011 11:35 L3gendary wrote: I say no, just for the sake of Euler's identity. You can change it to e^(i*tau) - 1 = 0. But why bother, I don't fell that we use 2*Pi more than Pi. I want Pi to stay ! | ||
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hifriend
China7935 Posts
is there any reason we can't use both? | ||
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delHospital
Poland261 Posts
On July 02 2011 11:45 micronesia wrote: Yeah I used tau today in an RC circuit problem so that woulda messed with me if pi/tau somehow came into the problem lol... kinda like when voltage and velocity are in the same problem (railgun problems).... my v and V is hard to distinguish with my handwriting XD Hm, pi is used with permutations and chemical bonds, but the other pi probably isn't very common in the same context. As to your second problem, just use U, like we do :O But I think that switching to Tyler's 120-min hours should be higher in priority that this. | ||
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astroorion
United States1022 Posts
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Maenander
Germany4926 Posts
On July 02 2011 20:24 hifriend wrote: lmao my math professor used to go on and on about tau and how it's superior to pi is there any reason we can't use both? Do you remember the Mars Climate Orbiter? Using different conventions can lead to misunderstandings, I think many people here don't even realize what the consequences of such a decision could be. And all of that over something so trivial? | ||
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