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Caligari 07-01-2011 07:07 PM

No more PI for you
 
Pi is wrong, Tau is the way
http://news.yahoo.com/mathematicians...154001699.html

Quote:

"I know it will be called blasphemy by some, but I believe that pi is wrong."

That's the opening line of a watershed essay written in 2001 by mathematician Bob Palais of the University of Utah. In "Pi is Wrong!" Palais argued that, for thousands of years, humans have been focusing their attention and adulation on the wrong mathematical constant.

Two times pi, not pi itself, is the truly sacred number of the circle, Palais contended. We should be celebrating and symbolizing the value that is equal to approximately 6.28 ? the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius ? and not to the 3.14'ish ratio of its circumference to its diameter (a largely irrelevant property in geometry).

cam_girls 07-01-2011 07:33 PM

I can't see it!

http://photosofclouds.com/WORDS_314one_pi.png

u-Bob 07-02-2011 06:25 AM

http://mises.org/daily/5413/How-Math...rt-People-Dumb

MediaGuy 07-02-2011 06:35 AM

http://images.quickblogcast.com/0/3/...eople.jpg?a=77

cooldude7 07-02-2011 12:28 PM

gr8 first they tell us to use pi , and now they say pi is wrong.,

where are we going.?

Chosen 07-02-2011 01:32 PM

Time will tell I guess... :pimp

woj 07-02-2011 02:12 PM

I found his pic:

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...1MXJmuIeS0pqSA

cam_girls 07-02-2011 02:59 PM

WAIT!

2 Pi r = (2 * 3.14) r = 6.28 r

They're Both Right!

Actually I find it mazing that the surface area of a sphere (like planet Earth) is

4 pi r^2

where r is the distance to the Center of the Earth.

http://spie.org/Images/Graphics/Publ...1_P02_fig2.jpg

the surface area of the CIRCLE is only 1 Pi r^2

It's like if you took 4 photos of Earth and added up the area of the 4 circles it equals the surface area of the whole planet... just bizarre in it's simplicity!

I should look into it's derivation one day so I can ponder this platonic mystery!


i.e. 4 surface areas of the CIRCLE = the total ocean + land area!

why EXACTLY 4?

http://hercshome.com/pics-music/surface_area.png

sandman! 07-02-2011 03:04 PM

so ???????????

Caligari 07-02-2011 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cam_girls (Post 18257128)
WAIT!

2 Pi r = (2 * 3.14) r = 6.28 r

They're Both Right!

Yes technically, but then you are left with a messy equation.

Why not just use Tau r= (1*6.28) r= 6.28r

so you can simply say Tau r which presents the case and solves it without any written numbers involved.

Kiopa_Matt 07-02-2011 03:39 PM

What? Just some lonely jackass who wants to make headlines.

So what does he want? Instead of using PI in equations, we should all now use (PI / 2)? PI was invented to simplify shit, and he's just confusing it, with hopes people will think he's intelligent.

cam_girls 07-02-2011 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sandman! (Post 18257139)
so ???????????


Don't you see? The 4 areas of a circle theory works for EARTH, MARS, SATURN and JUPITER!


http://hercshome.com/pics-music/planet-twister.png



In fact it works for all planetary bodies!


http://www.maxconsole.net/attachment...7&d=1307940759

Caligari 07-02-2011 07:34 PM

In the future all mathematical equations will be made of words which refer to a part of the equation, there will be no numbers.


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