mearo

Well then that is a 100% aesthetic argument you guys are having. Neither one is going to make math better. The math is the same, the only difference is ease of use or beauty. It's then not surprising these arguments still go on without any resolution. Because the idea that a resultion is needed in the first place is just a fabrication brought on by all the hype surrounding pi and tau. I still hold the position I put forth in my previous post. Use which ever one you find suits you best in any particular situation. You don't have to pick one, this isn't a battle. Maybe you'll find tau suits you better in the majority of cases... maybe even always.. Ok, so use tau then. It's not going to cause any confusion if we have two circle constants and people use different ones, and using tau instead of pi isn't going to give you any deeper insight into anything. The title of the site say "pi is wrong". That's a pretty stupid thing to start off with.

The only thing I see as debatable is should we change the standard. i.e. should we teach kids that a circle has τ radians instead of 2π radians. Other than that it is just a non-issue. It's not as if we are trying to redefine 2π→π or anything... π and τ are two different symbols, so there's no reason we can't even use them both interchangeably.. You don't have to pick one. It's like getting into a heated argument over whether we should use h or h-bar. Just use which ever one you prefer in any specific situation, or even together if you're feeling crazy enough (like using τπ instead of 2π²) As far as the question "should we change the school standard?" goes, I'd ask why this one tiny little change should be more important than any other standard that seems off due to historical reasons. For example, we still talk about "current" as positive charge flow, although talking about anything moving in a current would be much more accurate if it had been defined as negative (or even better, if electrons had just been defined as positive). But it works, so we don't bother changing it. As long as everyone knows what's going on and they are free to define new things, or redefine things as they see fit in any work or papers they might write. If you want to define current as negative charge flow nobody will stop you as long as you put 1 line in your paper saying you're doing so, same with τ.