The Tau Game

[whizzball1]

Everyone knows that Tau is better than pi.
Tau is Pi*2, and is the circumference of a circle if the radius is one.
Pi does not belong in math.
Fine in construction, but we need to use tau.
51 digits of Tau(DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU WANT SPOILERS):

Spoiler

6.283185307179586476925286766559005768394338798750211

We say the digits of tau in order.
Starting with...
6

 

[Vlukav]

The most beautiful equation in mathematics doesn't work with tau: e^(i*pi)+1=0.
And also you forgot the comma .2

 

[whizzball1]

8

 

[Everlast]

For the uninitiated: http://tauday.com/tau-manifesto

 

[whizzball1]

3

 

[Exedra]

Just gunna leave this here

 

[Whovian]

I could argue all day about this.

Pi was originally conceived when ancient cultures noted that the circumference was a bit more than 3 times the diameter.
There's the area of a circle.
The Gaussian Integral's the square root of pi.
Gamma(1/2)'s the square root of pi.
Tangent and cotangent have period pi.
The integral of sech over R is pi.
Zeta(2) doesn't look as nice when expressed in terms of tau.
And there's the last one in this section of this wikipedia page.
[joke]Pi's even wrong in the first place, as evidenced by Hiram's molten sea.[/joke]
*Shakes fist* AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM!

In any case, to continue the game, 1.

 

[whizzball1]

8

 

[mathjazz]

Just because we can develop different constants, it doesn't mean we should. pi has a rich history.

This is kind of like arguing that we should switch to base 12 because we can divide by 3 and 6 more easily, or switch to base 16, because we work so much with computers.
Base 10 works fine, and it does not cause the trouble of the confusion of switching.

Same with tau and pi.

 

[Whovian]

Eh, tau was invented, just as base 12 was invented. Pi'll stay in more common use, and I think mostly everyone on this thread knows that suggesting a total conversion to tau's absurd.