τ Tau vs Pi

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

I realised that there was no thread dedicated to this, so I decided to make one! Tau Day is coming up, after all.

For those of you who don't know, Tau is equal to 2π, and is an alternative circle constant. τ is good because if you use π, a full circle is 2π radians, but with τ, it's just one τ radians, which makes trig waaaaay easier.

So yes, I believe τ is objectively better than π, but I am also too used to π to swap now  

And also most calculators lack tau, and there's no song to help me memorise it, so...

Anyways, what do y'all think of tau?

Edited 3 hours ago by KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren
SPaG

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

At this point, π has used enough that it's probably going to stay what we keep using. Plus e^(πi) + 1 = 0.

Edited 3 hours ago by Through the Living Hopper

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

3 minutes ago, Through the Living Hopper said:

At this point, π has used enough that it's probably going to stay what we keep using.

Probably, but there's still a chance

3 minutes ago, Through the Living Hopper said:

Plus e^(πi) + 1 = 0.

Oh yes, something I forgot to mention...

With π, Euler's Identity is kind of clunky because you need the +1 to make it a zero

But with tau...

e^(τi) = 1

So yeah, another reason tau is better

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

1 minute ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren said:

With π, Euler's Identity is kind of clunky because you need the +1 to make it a zero

But with tau...

e^(τi) = 1

So yeah, another reason tau is better

Except, 1 and 0 are two identities. 1 is the multiplicative, and 0 is the additive. Having only one of those two doesn't fully let us appreciate the beauty of the formula.

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

2 minutes ago, Through the Living Hopper said:

Except, 1 and 0 are two identities. 1 is the multiplicative, and 0 is the additive. Having only one of those two doesn't fully let us appreciate the beauty of the formula.

Yes, but e to the pi i doesn't equal 1, it equals negative one

The one is just there to make it a nicer number

[Through the Living Hopper He/Him]

Just now, KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren said:

Yes, but e to the pi i doesn't equal 1, it equals negative one

The one is just there to make it a nicer number

Also to add another identity.

And that's a common way those formulas are written (to equal 0).

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

2 minutes ago, Through the Living Hopper said:

3 minutes ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren said:

 

Also to add another identity.

 

Why are you adding the multiplicative identity ?

2 minutes ago, Through the Living Hopper said:

 

And that's a common way those formulas are written (to equal 0).

One works just as well

The extra +1 makes it not as good for π's