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&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 "wow"
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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 "historically, we've slaughtered goats" 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
"If you want a unit to measure things, the unit shouldn't be the whole thing"<br>-- Matt Parker
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