HERESY! death to Tau xenos filth!
HERESY! death to Tau xenos filth!
If you know that the result is in Newtons (for instance) - you do not need to worry about units in the formula. The only thing you have to worry about is that all units are of the same magnitude - so if you have meters in upper part - the lower part should have meters too - not millimeters or something.
Last edited by Elim Garak; 2012-11-10 at 03:40 PM.
Would it really make a difference? I would think it would be an equivalent of using kelvin instead of celsius or etc. It would get you the same result, in some ways the math would be easier in other it could be longer. If you like tau go for it, no ones stopping you, but I don't see a real advantage over the other.
Time...line? Time isn't made out of lines. It is made out of circles. That is why clocks are round. ~ Caboose
To me the argument is as simple as this. Can we stop using pie? Only if we start using tau/2.
Tau/2 is just as bad as 2pie. You can argue about which is more common if you like, but that seems futile.
Wanting the conceptual fundamentals of the constant to be a single units is nice, but how many of the constants are? And it still doesn't change the actual number or the math, only the conceptualization of that number.
As far as teaching kids... fractions were always more hated then multipliers. You don't start teaching kids 2pie. 2pie doesn't come up until(correct me if I'm wrong) maybe grade 12 trig/physics? So your going to either start kids on tau/2 or start with pie and shift them 1/2 way in their mathematics understanding.
I stand corrected. This amazing advance simplifies everything.
just becomes h/tau!!!!