Showing posts with label maths. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maths. Show all posts

2011-09-08

Maths Lessons

H'mm. I've just received a request to go and teach someone maths. An adult.

That will mean coming up with a syllabus for them to follow, and a lot of patience. However, I have confidence that I can help out there.

2011-07-03

Tau

Recently, proponents of the proposed fundamental mathematical constant τ, aka 2π, celebrated τ Day on June 28. I wondered if you might be interested in what τ looks like to about 180 decimal places.

6.283185307179586476925286766559 005768394338798750211641949889 184615632812572417997256069650 684234135964296173026564613294 187689219101164463450718816256 962234900568205403877042211118 ...

2010-06-29

The Tau Manifesto

A short while ago a mathematician, Bob Palais, posted an article on his blog called Pi Is Wrong!

More recently, a new item appeared online, launching The Tau Manifesto on what they call Tau Day.

Michael Hartl's Tau Day article expands upon the original "Pi Is Wrong!" article, and proposes a new mathematical term and constant, Tau (the Greek letter τ) which equals 2π.


These people make a lot of sense. Read and enjoy the articles. I think they may well open your eyes.