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Title: was archimedes wrong?
Post by: muldoon on June 28, 2012, 06:32:19 PM
A concept I never heard of until today is Tau, which is a representation of 2pi.  There is apparently some movement in making the case that pi has been wrong and that circles are concept of radians and not diameters thus using 2pi or 6.28.... simpler (ie todays date which they call tau day).  The notion has some interesting concepts and I thought I would pass it on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG7vhMMXagQ

So, was archimedes wrong, has thousands of years of math been done inefficiently?  2pi would be equally irrational and would still have all the same fun attributes.   Can anyone think of any equations made more interesting with this in mind? 
Title: Re: was archimedes wrong?
Post by: sparks on June 28, 2012, 10:26:32 PM
  Hhmmmm

  Pi......

  Pie are squared......no they're not, they're round

  Parabolas..........is that two bolas...... ???

  Hyperbolas............overspeak......... ???
 
  Logrhythymns........lumberjack music......... ???

  Unified Field Theory........... ???

  Dark Matter............who's spying on me.......





  sparks

 
Title: Re: was archimedes wrong?
Post by: waggin on June 29, 2012, 02:34:59 AM
(https://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac168/wagginwagon/Funny%20Stuff/Pi.jpg)