“The fundamental measure that we use for a circle is the radius – and there are a lot of good reasons for that. But is based on the diameter: it’s the ratio of the circumference to the diameter. If you use the radius as the fundamental measure, and you go to define a circle constant, the natural choice isn’t . It’s . In the linked article, the author proposes naming this .”
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Friday, December 10, 2010
