More important controversy than what kit you should wear

Comments

  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    By defining pi in terms of diameter, he said, "what you're really doing is defining it as the ratio of the circumference to twice the radius, and that factor of two haunts you throughout mathematics."


    D'oh I was just about to say that.
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    By defining pi in terms of diameter, he said, "what you're really doing is defining it as the ratio of the circumference to twice the radius, and that factor of two haunts you throughout mathematics."


    D'oh I was just about to say that.

    Or....

    You could simply define it as the ratio of the circumerfence to the diameter and forget about the factor of 2.

    I think someome is playing games and I just got hooked :oops:
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    edited June 2011
    What about area ?
    Pi x radius squared, or (Tau / 2) x radius squared.

    oh look, there's that dreded factor or 2 that they're maoning about :roll:

    Looks like some mathematicians somewhere are trying to justify their grants !!
    Science adjusts it’s beliefs based on what’s observed.
    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
  • pauldavid
    pauldavid Posts: 392
    I never actually read any of the text on your link as it looked boring and tiresome even at just a quick glance. :shock:

    However I can deduce from the picture attached to the text that however you measure it, square the radius or factor twice - I would like a bigger slice of that pie than has been cut. :lol:
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    PieChart.jpg
    Science adjusts it’s beliefs based on what’s observed.
    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
  • pauldavid
    pauldavid Posts: 392
    Now that is much more my sort of pi(e) chart :D

    Having said that it does look a little radioactive, do they do it in a shade you don't need sunglasses on to eat it. 8)
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    MattC59 wrote:
    What about area ?
    Pi x radius squared, or (Tau / 2) x radius squared.

    oh look, there's that dreded factor or 2 that they're maoning about :roll:

    Looks like some mathematicians somewhere are trying to justify their grants !!



    Your English teachers obviously couldn't justify theirs. :lol::lol:
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    Gives the nerds something to talk about other than Dr. Who I guess :wink:
  • lemoncurd
    lemoncurd Posts: 1,428
    MattC59 wrote:
    PieChart.jpg

    Lemon Curd pie.

    Yum.
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    Aggieboy wrote:
    MattC59 wrote:
    What about area ?
    Pi x radius squared, or (Tau / 2) x radius squared.

    oh look, there's that dreded factor or 2 that they're maoning about :roll:

    Looks like some mathematicians somewhere are trying to justify their grants !!



    Your English teachers obviously couldn't justify theirs. :lol::lol:
    Wah Wah Wah :D
    Physics was my area.

    Anyway, I'd like to point out that they're typos, but even so I have to agree, that's p*ss poor of me for not noticing !!!
    That said, yesterday I discovered Brakespears Triple (7.2%) so it could have something to do with that :lol:
    Science adjusts it’s beliefs based on what’s observed.
    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
  • nottscobb
    nottscobb Posts: 147
    MattC59 wrote:
    Looks like some mathematicians somewhere are trying to justify their grants !!

    But also decided to overlook the amount it would actually cost to update all the text books in schools and universities to make the change actually happen. Given the state of education funding at the moment I think the last thing teachers want to have to spend money on is new maths books just because some group of mathematicians has decided to change pi for tau.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    nottscobb wrote:
    MattC59 wrote:
    Looks like some mathematicians somewhere are trying to justify their grants !!

    But also decided to overlook the amount it would actually cost to update all the text books in schools and universities to make the change actually happen. Given the state of education funding at the moment I think the last thing teachers want to have to spend money on is new maths books just because some group of mathematicians has decided to change pi for tau.

    How hard is it to explain without a textbook?

    Seriously.
    _
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    pauldavid wrote:
    I never actually read any of the text on your link as I couldn't understand it
    FTFY
  • chrisba
    chrisba Posts: 91
    Thanks for the Pie chart joke, on it's way to facebook...

    kinda related

    pacmancharthumor.jpg
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    So some top level mathmeticians think it is too hard to multiply by 2?
  • Homer J
    Homer J Posts: 920
    Just use a ruler and a bit of string
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    chrisba wrote:
    Thanks for the Pie chart joke, on it's way to facebook...

    kinda related

    pacmancharthumor.jpg
    Goddamn it !!! that was the one I was looking for :D
    Science adjusts it’s beliefs based on what’s observed.
    Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
  • bicyclepirate
    bicyclepirate Posts: 229
    All textbooks are changed every few years anyway so that's not an issue. Also it's not really about the maths you learn at school, it's for when people start to work in radians instead of degrees. This is important in electronics, navigation and bike wheels!
    All hail the FSM and his noodly appendage!

Categories