/sci/ - Science & Math

Tau = 2Pi, to be exact.

yeah, but should we start adopting tau instead of pi in the mathematics world?

Teacup = EK, to be exact.

>>3317286
Not this again.

>>3317307
why do you have to start this shit in every thread?

I stopped reading when it said that Tau is 2 x Pi.

"We want to make a new standard that's a multiple of the old standard!"

Sounds like some faggot wants credit for multiplying pi by 2. Are you fucking serious? "Pi is wrong! Our new version is a multiple of it!"

FUCK OFF.

>>3317314
I started nothing, that guy started it. Also, look at the last three digits of your post, pifag.

Tau looks way too much like t, which is already overrepresented in math and physics.

It doesn't really matter.

Besides, a majority of math using pi wouldnt be made any simpler using tau.

>>3317327

but if you actually read the manifesto, it shows how it will make math much more simplistic. I don't think the idea they were going for was for credit. It allows radian conversions to be much simpler and allows math to work better. Furthermore almost all formulas other than the area of a circle come out simpler

>>3317203
she sounds like she has braces and it sounds fucking hot.

>>3317344
Don't forget the tripcode, pi+0.3 fag.

>>3317329
then I will now be pifag,

>>3317339
can you tell me why/what parts of math.

I'm not trying to pursuade tau...my eyes were recently open to it and all i've heard were positive outcomes from switching to tau

>>3317345
except it wouldnt make it any simpler. And really, is dividing or multiplying by two SO FUCKING COMPLICATED OMG I CANT DO IT?

Good luck re-writing a huge number of physics proofs and engineering equations.

>>3317345
in addition, math is about beauty... those faggots that deny the existence of tau are also denying the beauty of e^i*pi + 1 = 0

>>3317357
>>3317356
What he said. Engineering and physics typically already rely on using pi/2 as the circle constant in a large number of relations and equations. tau/4 wouldn't be any simpler, now would it?

Also, it allows for easier divisions for sin/cosine/tangent relations. Not everything is a fraction, and pi/4 is easier to visualize than tau/16, etc.

math is not about beauty you idiot. It's about logic and relations. Stop trying to be so existential, it doesn't make you look smarter, just more like a douche.

This coming from a math and statistics major.

>>3317366

but e^i tau -1 also equals 0...it keeps up the beauty

check the video, vi shows that

>>3317352
gatcha

>>3317378

okay, I see. Im still in high school, so I don't know much about higher physics/engineering so I didn't know how they base their equatiosn off pi/2...in that regards, tau/4 would be worse. I see...it only makes basic math easier

>>3317388


DINGDINGDINGDINGDING

Correct.

>>3317380
huh, no
it's shitty
this makes euler sad

the only people complaining about 2pi are retards who haven't taken anything beyond basic calculus or trigonometry, there's no discussion to be made here

>>3317399
You didn't know because it's complete bullshit.

>>3317497
lol howso? I feel like they're telling the truth and you're just trolling...there are 2 of them that concurred and it seems logical

>>3317399
And if you intend to make basic maths easier at the expense of advanced math used in industry and academia, you go full retard.

>>3317522

yea I'd never take away from advanced math...that's just fucked up

>>3317517
I only see one person touting the importance of pi/2. There are equations with pi/2 in it, sure, but it's nowhere near as important as 2pi.

>tau manifesto
Do you realize you'd get this change made quicker by not being crazy motherfuckers?

>>3317581
No. The only barrier to adoption is that it's not universally recognised. They might not start to use it but you can if they recognise it.

Why Tau? Is it somehow related to the particle Tau?

>>3317597
its just an arbitrary greek letter. It looks similar to pi, but its only significant for that minor aesthetic purpose.

LOL im going to hope this girl is a really hot nerd. And I fucking hate radians, with a passion.

shes not that bad, but she is like 30ish...she's not young or anything. but she has some cool videos and is a super nerd

I think that if tau became well-known enough that we could use it without having to state that tau=2*pi every time, it would naturally replace pi, due to pi sucking.

How about instead of tau we use 2pi? Oh we do

Fuck you tau bastards!

>>3318497
thats what I'm hoping will happen in the future

or even have both symbols, but tau be the predominant one in basic math and pi be dominant in engineering

>>3318507

Why? Why would anyone want tau to be back. The circumference=pi lots of the diameter is beautiful. Tau times the radius isn't.

Also, convention. Suck it faggots.

>>3318519

too bad every function dealing with spheres/circles uses radius. thus using tau would simplify them. instead of 2pi*r, it would be pi tau. these formulas in lower level math would just be more aesthetic, beautiful, and practical...

even in trig/calc it would work better. instead of having 2pi radians = 360 degrees, tau would equal 360 degrees. it is way simpler.