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'No, really, pi is wrong: The Tau Manifesto' - by Michael Hartl

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#562437 — 'No, really, pi is wrong: The Tau Manifesto' - by Michael Hartl

The Tau Manifesto

By Michael Hartl
Tau Day, 2010; updated Tau Day, 2015

1 The circle constant

The Tau Manifesto is dedicated to one of the most
important numbers in mathematics, perhaps the most
important: the circle constant relating the circumference
of a circle to its linear dimension. For millennia, the
circle has been considered the most perfect of shapes,
and the circle constant captures the geometry of the
circle in a single number. Of course, the traditional
choice for the circle constant is pp -- but, as
mathematician Bob Palais notes in his delightful article
"pi Is Wrong!",[1] pi is wrong. It's time to set things
right.

1.1 An immodest proposal

We begin repairing the damage wrought by pi by first
understanding the notorious number itself. The
traditional definition for the circle constant sets pi
(pi) equal to the ratio of a circle's circumference to
its diameter:[2]

Continues at:

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Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti

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