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minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoTau (τ). A full circle is just 1τ instead of 2π.
minus-squareHeuristicAlgorithm9@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoYeah, but everything else is more annoying. 1+e^i(0.5τ)=0 just doesn’t hit the same
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoEuler’s identity with tau simplifies to: eiτ = 1 So it’s actually simpler. See: https://tauday.com/tau-manifesto#sec-euler_s_identity
minus-squareHeuristicAlgorithm9@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoSure, it’s simpler; but it’s less elegant
Rads. But radians are fine too.
Tau (τ). A full circle is just 1τ instead of 2π.
Yeah, but everything else is more annoying. 1+e^i(0.5τ)=0 just doesn’t hit the same
Euler’s identity with tau simplifies to:
eiτ = 1
So it’s actually simpler. See: https://tauday.com/tau-manifesto#sec-euler_s_identity
Sure, it’s simpler; but it’s less elegant