From: "ronkean at juno.com" <ronkean at juno.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:53:38 GMT
To: WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Math made simpler?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Judith Newton <jnewton at ashcomp.com> wrote:
> Amusing, if incomprehensible to us math-avoiders.

Also incomprehensible to us math-lovers with text-only accounts.
Could someone summarize?  Thanks.

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A video which advocates replacing pi with tau, where tau = 2 pi, becau=
se it makes math involving circles, sines, and cosines easier or more in=
tuitive.

The Euler identity becomes e to the i tau = 1, according to the video.=

=2E

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