The Tangent Side

A nice place for meditation (you know, the transcendental kind).

But really, Pi is wrong:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H69YH5TnNXI

Here's a shorter (fast-paced) version of why Pi is wrong by Vi Hart:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG7vhMMXagQ&list=PL5F03A9D6D278C5D9&index=1&feature=plpp_video

Go Tau!

Pi is the first transcendental number that people confront that can be demonstrated to be transcendental. The diameter of a circular cylinder can be directly measured. The circumference of a cylinder can be indirectly measured. The radius must be derived by measuring the diameter and dividing by two. Yes, I know that two in this case is an integer that does not have any uncertainty in its value and that because of this the derivation of the radius is just as certain as the measurement of the diameter. However this requires multiple conceptual abstractions in number theory to apply. Just look at both of your presentations again. Both presenters implicitly accept the concept of a transcendental number existing. Pi tangibly presents to mathematical novices the idea that a number can be precisely known but is impossible to count or measure. This is not an easy concept for everyone to immediately accept. Boasting that Pi is wrong promotes this confusion instead of clarifying.

Having said that; I use the time constant, Tau, all the time. The fact that it will always relate to the geometric constant Pi in some fashion has long ago fascinated me. What additionally astonishes me is that both of these constants work in concert with Euler's transcendental number and the imaginary number i or j to describe most of the relations people will find in everything we encounter. Obfuscating Pi by prematurely introducing Tau IMHO is counter productive to comprehension.

I wonder if Conference Room Φ occurs between #1 and #2.

Does this fig says some thing about the the origin of the unique number 7 (tagent) in Pi?

And 2 < e < 3.

Was Maharishi Mahesh Yogi into this?

Where are the musical poets amongst us:-

One Phi Two E Three Pi Four

Just seems to be begging for a little rhyming extension.

5 potato, 6 potato, 7 potato, more....

One Phi Two E Three Pi Four

We are the nerds of CR4