Without looking any of it up, those of you who know the formula for the area of a circle, do you know what "Tau" is in that context?
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A note: I'd know what tau is if you mentioned it, but i'm not 100% sure I'd recognize the greek letter if I saw it in an equation…!
That's a really good point. That makes the issue even more complicated. Hmm.. (Btw, my mnemonic is this: Tau is double the value of pi, but only half of the symbol. ;)
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One could also introduce τ as being short for "turns"
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I would also say will depend on the audience. I used to love geometry and I remembered but I am not sure a lot of people would...
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