15 Mar
2018
15 Mar
'18
8:33 a.m.
On 3/15/2018 5:36 AM, Dan Roganti via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 10:56 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2018/3/14/17119388/pi-day-pie- math-tau-circle-constant-mathematics-circumference-diameter- radius-holiday-truth
Simple, because it's utterly ridiculous to create a constant based upon another constant using a simple coefficient, eg Tau = 2*PI All of the rationale they used in that article has no merit Tau would not exist if it were not for Pi
Actually, it is a bit more complicated than that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcPTiiiYDs8 -Adam