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Re: The Reason Why Tau Is Fundamental And Why Pi Is Not
Posted:
Jan 2, 2013 6:46 AM
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On 01/02/2013 06:04 AM, tdadamemd-spamblock-@excite.com wrote:
> The reason why Tau is a fundamental number is because it is the Identity Operator for Rotation. Pi is lacking in such fundamental utility.
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> Tau is as fundamental to Rotation as Zero is to Addition and One is to Multiplication. Tonight I watched several YouTube videos about Tau and I didn't see anyone make mention of this fact. Bob Palais wrote an excellent article back in 2001. But the arguments that I've seen favoring Tau over Pi were basically a matter of style and taste.
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> The reason why Tau is worthy of primacy over Pi is not because of any such artistic reasons, but because of this fundamental mathematical reason.
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> ~ CT
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Hello, and you cite "rotation" as the reason why this number should be
considered a fundamental mathematical constant in the same way that pi,
(and perhaps e and a few others) is viewed? I don't think so. Pi crops
up in so many places in applied mathematics that it would be difficult
not to assign it special status. Likewise for e. Sincerely,
--
J. B. Wood e-mail: arl_123234@hotmail.com
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