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superchink on June 17, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Pi explained

Random speculation: Maybe pi was chosen because the symbol for tau (τ) is hard to distinguish from a ‘T’ when hand-written?

BTW, I don't mean to take anything away from your comment; that link was awesome.

VMG on June 17, 2011 [–]

When π was "invented" it could have been 2 x 3.141. The author makes a case for tau because it is too late to redefine π

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