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Tau vs Pi Smackdown - Numberphile

1.4M views · Dec 14, 2012 · Science & Technology

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  • @MikeM8891 · 11 years ago

    I'm confident we can all adopt tau as quickly as the US adopts the metric system.

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  • @HumongusChungus2 · 9 years ago

    WHO WON? WHO'S NEXT? YOU DECIDE! EPIC MATH BATTLES OF HISTORY!

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  • @flying_desperado · 10 years ago

    2Pi or not 2Pi... That's the question...

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  • @clusterfork · 7 years ago (edited)

    At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPv1UV0rD8U&amp;t=388">6:28</a> (tau minutes), the score spells out the first four decimal digits of pi.

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  • @uzairm3816 · 10 years ago

    Matt got 1 point for saying &quot;wow&quot;

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  • @bobyrd74 · 11 years ago

    is this the maths version of a rap battle?

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  • @specialbuilder6865 · 10 years ago

    2 points for &quot;historically, we&apos;ve slaughtered goats&quot; is my favorite

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  • @TackerTacker · 7 years ago

    TAU makes 100% sense <br><br>PI makes 50%*2 sense

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  • @adamfreed2291 · 9 years ago

    I say we use Pau, which is 1.5 pi or 3/4 tau.

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  • @yujiokitani4492 · 10 years ago

    in that case divide it by 360<br><br><br>no one would use that kind of a unit.

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  • @NeonShadowsx · 9 years ago

    Imagine, the days before youtube, 780,000 people sitting in this room, to listen to these two men talk about numbers

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  • @n0tthemessiah · 6 years ago

    &quot;If you want a unit to measure things, the unit shouldn&apos;t be the whole thing&quot;<br>-- Matt Parker

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