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Tim Shepard <shep@alum.mit.edu> Thu, 14 March 2013 14:22 UTC

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The natural constant is the ratio of the circumference to the
radius. That we wound up with pi which is the ratio of the
circumference to the diameter was a mistake.

If you're not already aware of this, read the Tau Manifesto at:

      http://tauday.com/tau-manifesto

(And if that is tl;dr for you, just skip to section 3 that discusses 
 the formula for area of the circle.) 

(Be glad that we got the definition of a radian right.)


You still have more than 3 months left to make plans for your
celebration of this natural constant on June 28.

			-Tim Shepard
			 shep@alum.mit.edu

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