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Tau Day: Because sometimes you just want to eat 2 Pi(es).
- Thread starter ExileOnDaytonStreet
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Re: Tau Day: Because sometimes you just want to eat 2 Pi(es).
or the difference between h and h-bar [don't know how to insert the actual symbol]? If I recall correctly h-bar = h/4pi = h/2tau
I guess if you are writing these things all day longhand, you want to conserve the energy expended by your fingers by jotting fewer symbols to represent the same concept??
or the difference between h and h-bar [don't know how to insert the actual symbol]? If I recall correctly h-bar = h/4pi = h/2tau
I guess if you are writing these things all day longhand, you want to conserve the energy expended by your fingers by jotting fewer symbols to represent the same concept??
Re: Tau Day: Because sometimes you just want to eat 2 Pi(es).
Which is fine, but don't couch it as one representation being "right" and the other "wrong." He'd gain wider acceptance if he simply sold the convenience aspect.
ExileOnDaytonStreet
Drunkard
Re: Tau Day: Because sometimes you just want to eat 2 Pi(es).
There's a video of him giving a guest lecture where he points out quite a few simple things.
One is a thought experiment where you notice a value 'h' showing up in all sorts of equations: area of a circle, kinetic energy, etc. it turns out that h = 1/2, so why make such a big deal over h, when 2h = 1 is a much more meaningful number.
I do think the selling point is as easy as noting that pi being half a cycle is not very logical. Plus, you can have a shape with constant "diameter" that isn't a circle, so it doesn't make as much sense for a circle constant factor as radius, which defines a circle.
Truth be told, I don't know what usefulness a diameter has, other than being waaaaaaay easier to measure in real life.
There's a video of him giving a guest lecture where he points out quite a few simple things.
One is a thought experiment where you notice a value 'h' showing up in all sorts of equations: area of a circle, kinetic energy, etc. it turns out that h = 1/2, so why make such a big deal over h, when 2h = 1 is a much more meaningful number.
I do think the selling point is as easy as noting that pi being half a cycle is not very logical. Plus, you can have a shape with constant "diameter" that isn't a circle, so it doesn't make as much sense for a circle constant factor as radius, which defines a circle.
Truth be told, I don't know what usefulness a diameter has, other than being waaaaaaay easier to measure in real life.
nmupiccdiva
New member
Re: Tau Day: Because sometimes you just want to eat 2 Pi(es).
I was told there'd be no math.
I was told there'd be no math.
ExileOnDaytonStreet
Drunkard
Said the Wildcat...
nmupiccdiva
New member
Re: Tau Day: Because sometimes you just want to eat 2 Pi(es).
I was actually going for the running board joke, but if you must, go ahead and be that guy. Stay classy there, Bucky.
I was actually going for the running board joke, but if you must, go ahead and be that guy. Stay classy there, Bucky.
Re: Tau Day: Because sometimes you just want to eat 2 Pi(es).
Being an NMU girl, you know that 1 + 1 sometimes = 3.
I was actually going for the running board joke, but if you must, go ahead and be that guy. Stay classy there, Bucky.
Being an NMU girl, you know that 1 + 1 sometimes = 3.
MinnesotaNorthStar
Minding the gap
Re: Tau Day: Because sometimes you just want to eat 2 Pi(es).
I don't get.......oooooh, I see what you did there.Being an NMU girl, you know that 1 + 1 sometimes = 3.