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Anonymous Tue Mar 7 14:07:49 2017 No.8729185 [Reply] [Original]

Would it have been better if π was defined as 6.28..., meaning circumference in radius instead of diameter?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 14:10:35 2017 No.8729189 >>8729185 A constant factor of 2 is meaningless in this case. You can use your own version of pi-slash if you feel like it, but it seems like a massive waste of time.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 14:16:34 2017 No.8729202 >>8729185 [math]e^{i\pi}=1[/math] Don't you touch that

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 14:36:51 2017 No.8729246 >>8729202 i think you mean minus one

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 14:40:03 2017 No.8729253 >>8729185 It's called tau

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 14:40:26 2017 No.8729255 File: 7 KB, 225x225, 46353456.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8729185 >implying π exists

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 14:41:03 2017 No.8729256 >>8729246 Right

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 14:41:56 2017 No.8729258 File: 30 KB, 415x454, roasties.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8729255 >implying it doesnt exist

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 14:45:59 2017 No.8729265 >>8729258 >he fell for the """"real"""" number meme

>>	Sage Tue Mar 7 14:48:59 2017 No.8729271 >>8729255 >>8729258 >>8729265 Numbers don't fucking exist. You don't see a 4 floating around in space. They're abstract concepts. Now can we please stop these retarded arguments that poison every single math thread?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 14:56:34 2017 No.8729294 >when I read the words circumference and diameter on 4chan

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 15:00:46 2017 No.8729301 File: 5 KB, 190x153, retardpepe.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8729271 >implying abstract concepts exist

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 15:05:06 2017 No.8729312 >>8729271 Something doesn't have to be floating around in space for that something to exist.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 15:06:41 2017 No.8729316 >>8729271 > implying existence isn't well defined in mathematics

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 16:00:08 2017 No.8729435 >>8729185 Yeah everything would be about twice as better

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 16:47:23 2017 No.8729557 >>8729185 we already have T for that

>>	Geometric Unity Tue Mar 7 17:42:22 2017 No.8729647 File: 76 KB, 691x592, Capture.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 18:04:59 2017 No.8729678 >>8729557 tau is hella gay

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 18:05:33 2017 No.8729681 >>8729678 what other gric letter would you have given it

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 18:11:39 2017 No.8729695 >>8729185 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_(geometry)#Tau_proposal

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 18:23:02 2017 No.8729710 why are humans so baffled by circles make sure you order large pizza every time

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 18:24:23 2017 No.8729712 >>8729681 2pi

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 20:18:59 2017 No.8729936 File: 603 KB, 984x1124, 1486786014677.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8729255

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 20:55:11 2017 No.8730046 >>8729258 3.1415926.... is not [math]\pi[/math], it's but a shit approximation of some hypothetical infinite decimal

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 20:58:22 2017 No.8730056 >>8730046 >infinite decimal You mean irrational number?

>>	Geometric Unity Tue Mar 7 21:07:27 2017 No.8730074 File: 25 KB, 283x262, Titor_insignia.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8730056 1/3 is rational

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 21:28:12 2017 No.8730114 >>8729647 If you are the manlet that wrote this you are very stupid >using analysis to discuss RH

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 7 21:30:23 2017 No.8730121 >>8729316 chicken and the egg..

>>	Geometric Unity Tue Mar 7 21:35:33 2017 No.8730131 File: 102 KB, 550x413, untitled.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8730121

>>	Geometric Unity Tue Mar 7 22:45:47 2017 No.8730273 File: 14 KB, 305x289, Untitled.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] https://fs23.formsite.com/viXra/files/f-1-2-9280630_0CKDvEE3_Zeta.pdf

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 8 08:48:09 2017 No.8731130 >>8730273 how about you express in words what you want to say instead of posting and linking random shit

>>	Geometric Unity Wed Mar 8 12:08:03 2017 No.8731429 The union of a manifold with a point is written in LaTeX with the $\cup$, what symbol means the manifold with the point subtracted.