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Re: The Reason Why Tau Is Fundamental And Why Pi Is Not
Posted:
Jan 3, 2013 7:17 AM
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On 01/02/2013 07:44 PM, 1treePetrifiedForestLane wrote:
> if you're programming the navigational device,
> I want to get off of the spaceship; thank you.
>
> seriously, to what value do you assign,
> the Greek letter, tau?
>
>> RA = PI/2 = 1.57079636279...
>
Hello, and what is to be gained by multiplying pi by an integer and and
then introducing a new constant? So the circumference of a circle is
now tau*radius? The answer is still the same regardless. BTW, hasn't
the Greek letter tau been used to represent the golden ratio, aka "phi"
in some texts? Sincerely,
--
J. B. Wood e-mail: arl_123234@hotmail.com
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