/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.3225542]

what does /sci/ think about using tau instead of pi as the circle constant

some literature:
http://tauday.com

[Anonymous No.3225565]

I think it's a pointless argument, it really makes no difference.

[Anonymous No.3225580]

nigga_you_just_gone_full_retard.jpg

[Anonymous No.3225573]

Pointless

[Anonymous No.3225579]

>>3225565
apart from that it normalises the maths and makes circular trig easier to learn

[Anonymous No.3225588]

Tau is for tangent vector and mean period, fuck off

[Anonymous No.3225590]

what does /sci/ think about using base 8 instead of base 10

[Anonymous No.3225593]

what does /sci/ think about a crossed 7 instead of an uncrossed 7 as seventh natural number?

[Anonymous No.3225595]

>>3225590

>not using base 1

I hope you don't do this.

[Anonymous No.3225607]

Actually, I propose a new constant of

α=π^2

It would make much of modern physics a lot easier to type, especially on a computer.

Then we should introduce a new constant:

κ=α/τ=π/2

>lmao 2cat

[Anonymous No.3225615]

No one whose actually uses pi in their work gives a shit. Really. No one gives a shit.

[Anomynous No.3225619]

>>3225579
>normalizes
No, no it doesn't. What we currently have is normal, what you're suggesting is a shift to a new normal
>easier to learn
you're counting by twos instead of counting by ones. Circular trig is still going to appear to be largely arbitrary for the majority of those learning it and the few who understand it intuitively will do so anyway for no notable gain (unless you have evidence to the contrary).

Also, why does tau = 2C/D make more sense for a constant than pi = C/D?

[Anonymous No.3225642]

>>3225619
that mofo i linked to on tauday has some pretty good arguments, you might want to read them some time.

tau = C/r is much nicer and cleaner.

[Anomynous No.3225655]

>>3225642
>much nicer and cleaner.
well, if it isn't an opinion! I'm partial to sigma = rho/phi myself. clearly the nicest and cleanest ratio.

[Anonymous No.3225663]

>>3225619
<span class="math">\tau = c/r[/spoiler], derp. also <span class="math">a=(1/2)\tau r^2[/spoiler] is nicer since that half is there in so many other things, like <span class="math">KE=(1/2)mv^2[/spoiler]. Also, <span class="math">e^{i\tau} = 1[/spoiler]

Actually I don't really care.

>>3225588
Yeah and pi is for canonical momentum and projections from a fibre bundle to the base space, doh!

[Anonymous No.3225673]

>>3225607
>not defining latex macros for common factors and terms.

[Anonymous No.3225675]

>>3225542
While we're at it how about we donote the exponential function by kappa instead of e? How about we switch < and > around. + and . too. Why not have 0 be the multiplicative identity and 1 the additive? Infinity can be the sum of 0 and 0.

[Anonymous No.3225680]

not important. it's like getting rid of the letter c. there are more important math tyhings to consider.

[Anonymous No.3225690]

No, 2πi should get its own constant

[Anonymous No.3225700]

tau is shear stress

this entire thing is so fucking retarded, I hope no one is funding this shit.

[Anonymous No.3225713]

for those that didnt bother to read

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