/sci/ - Science & Math

Go away. None of you fags are going to change conventions in notation.

theres just a factor of 2 difference, do whatever you want.

Can't be satisfied with that, I'll take the recruitment elsewhere.

Explain this shit?

>>2498524
Enjoy your pointless crusade.

>>2498530
<span class="math">\tau = 2\pi[/spoiler]

What he said.

Are you also advocating base 12?
i.e. base (1+1+1)(1+1+1+1)

Is there any advantage to using Tau, or what?

if you work in mathematics, use it instead of pi.

thats about the only way you can do anything...make it acceptable and show how it makes more intuitive sense.

>>2498555
Some people like looking at <span class="math">\tau[/spoiler] instead of <span class="math">2\pi[/spoiler] whenever it comes up. They think it looks nicer. That's basically it.

>>2498555
If you're doing a lot of Fourier transforms, writing <span class="math">{1 \over \tau^3[/spoiler] is easier than writing <span class="math">{1 \over (2\pi)^3[/spoiler].

tau radians shit-stains

>>2498565

That's odd, since "missing close brace" looks the same no matter how your write it.

Maybe you meant cursive?

If you're doing a lot of Fourier transforms, repeatedly writing <span class="math">\displaystyle {1 \over \tau^3}[/spoiler] is easier than writing <span class="math">\displaystyle {1 \over (2\pi)^3}[/spoiler].

>>2498555
http://tauday.com/images/figures/tau-angles.png

>>2498580
http://tauday.com/

>>2498576
>implying you can't just write <span class="math"> a = 1 \over \tau^3[/spoiler] and write <span class="math">a[/spoiler] over and over.

>>2498550
I don't advocate tau, this is the first time I have seen it but I do advocate base 60, I know I can never teach people to count in base 60 right now, but I plan to teach my kids how to count to 60 on their hands along with counting to ten.

>>2498585
You could, but I find that less clear.

It feels so dirty, yet so beautiful

<span class="math">\def \pi {(\tau/2)}[/spoiler]

>>2498592
remember another thread someone said there was a better base. like 4! 5! or 3 * 5 * 7?

people use pi because its the fundamental constant, if you use tau it means you have to divide it by 2 in a lot of cases, but yes, its dumb to change notation just because for no reason.

>>2498666
Pi isn't any more fundamental than tau. The choice is arbitrary.

That's why I think arguing about it is stupid.

fucking non-programmers. just define it at the top of your paper.

>>2498665
well I just really like base 60 because it is a supercomplex number in addition to the fact that it can be divided evenly by, 1,2,3,4,5 and 6.

that is like if 10 was divisible by 3. which would be awesome and it would eliminate the .9999999...9=1 troll

we really should have this conversation everyday and argue about every single detail till the conservative lot realize that tau is more efficient and pi is for mindless sheep who don't think for themselves and will do anything they are told. The symbolism here will echo forevermore against the tides of the status-quo.

Gentlemen, choose your side now and prepare to reveal your true nature!

(we can always torque to some other symbol to make way for the greater good)

We're still keeping radians though, right?

1 radian defined as the angle measurement when the radius equals the arc length of a circle

>>2499102
yes and there would be tau (6.283) radians in a circle.