On July 03 2011 03:22 saltywet wrote:
so, americans and the british want to change a universal constant because 6.28 is somehow a "more correct" form for pi.

in conclusion, white mathematicians have too much time on their hands

I don't think you understand. This is the Michael Jordan of mathematical constants.

pigtheman

United States333 Posts

July 05 2011 04:21 GMT

#311

why cant we use both? D:

CrumpetGuvnor

Australia302 Posts

July 05 2011 04:22 GMT

#312

On July 05 2011 13:14 catamorphist wrote:

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Are you kidding? e^(tau * i) = 1. Isn't that even nicer than with pi?

One of the big factors was the fact that e^(i.pi)+1=0. So it linked the 5 big mathematical constants in one equation. Now with tau, it would be e^(i.tau)-1=0, which is a lot tackier. But I mean maybe e^(i.pi)+1=0 was never meant to be, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Highways

Australia6103 Posts

July 05 2011 04:32 GMT

#313

Lets get rid of APM.

We all know "game time" is the sacred unit of measuring time. How much of us relate to a real minutes? Game time is way more useful, think about it:
- It takes 17.14 "Game Time" Hours for the earth to rotate on its axis.
- It takes 260.71 "Game Time" Hours for the earth to orbit the sun.
- It takes 1.43 "Game Time" Pi's to get a Tau.

I propose Blizzard Fake APM (BS-APM).

Oh wait...

CrumpetGuvnor

Australia302 Posts

July 05 2011 04:46 GMT

#314

On July 05 2011 13:32 Highways wrote:
Lets get rid of APM.

We all know "game time" is the sacred unit of measuring time. How much of us relate to a real minutes? Game time is way more useful, think about it:
- It takes 17.14 "Game Time" Hours for the earth to rotate on its axis.
- It takes 260.71 "Game Time" Hours for the earth to orbit the sun.
- It takes 1.43 "Game Time" Pi's to get a Tau.

I propose Blizzard Fake APM (BS-APM).

Oh wait...

That's a pretty fast year

dodelol

Netherlands68 Posts

July 05 2011 14:45 GMT

#315

no need for more stuff to learn with math, already confusing enough. finally understand some pi stuff don't want something else to interfere

pi looks like pie which is better then that tau stuff

pie pie pie who does not like pie?

iNSiPiD1

United States140 Posts

July 05 2011 14:50 GMT

#316

I think rewriting the textbooks could make it easier to learn from. Until you're a bit more advanced in math it's hard to just say let 2*pi=tau from the onset and just work with it like this professor wants people to.

Pi won't go away, it'll just be embedded in tau.

Dudemeister

Sweden314 Posts

July 05 2011 15:26 GMT

#317

people are starving atleast do something productive like playing sc2

UdderChaos

United Kingdom707 Posts

July 05 2011 18:03 GMT

#318

I am all for tau, the sooner it becomes standard the better. Although it makes most formulas nicer i think the main advantage is how more intuitive it is, it would make children learning the radian system for the first time have a much easier ride. Also from degree level i can tell you its always nicer to have math simplified when you are using it with much more complex maths, basically any way we can make maths "nicer" is a good thing, it means we can learn faster and reach new discoveries faster as we don't have to walk through the metaphorical mud we have created ourselves in our notation before we can understand/solve a problem or concept. Notation should always display as much information as possilbe in the smallest and simplistic form, adoption of tau moves in this direction, therefore we should adopt it.

ScouraE

Canada28 Posts

July 05 2011 18:49 GMT

#319

Personally i used pi too much inschool, kinda hard to change. People probably going to keep it, just like conventional current, it's in too many textbooks and stuff, kinda hard to change.