Forget Pi, Here Comes Tau

You don’t need to be a mathematician to appreciate pi: Children everywhere can tell you it’s 3.14, and it’s even celebrated on 3-14. But now experts are arguing that pi, which references the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, be replaced with a new constant known as…

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Forget Pi, Here Comes Tau

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