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minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 days agoWhat’s the significance of that number? It’s less than 0.1 away from tau, but somehow I doubt that’s it…
minus-squareAlbinoPython@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI can’t be arsed to check but I think it’s 2 pi which is useful when dealing with sine waves.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours ago2 pi is tau, which is what I said it’s less than 0.1 away from, but still not equal to.
minus-squareeasily3667@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down1·3 days agoI assumed the number is not significant, figure it’s just supposed to mock the idea that physicists don’t know what tolerances are.
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoAn experimental physicist should know as far as I know meanwhile a real (theoretical) physicist would probably not even touch numbers that have those scary decimals.
What’s the significance of that number? It’s less than 0.1 away from tau, but somehow I doubt that’s it…
I can’t be arsed to check but I think it’s 2 pi which is useful when dealing with sine waves.
2 pi is tau, which is what I said it’s less than 0.1 away from, but still not equal to.
I assumed the number is not significant, figure it’s just supposed to mock the idea that physicists don’t know what tolerances are.
An experimental physicist should know as far as I know meanwhile a real (theoretical) physicist would probably not even touch numbers that have those scary decimals.