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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Reminds me of: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1292:_Pi_vs._Tau

And: https://www.tauday.com/tau-manifesto

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For me, it was this video. It came out shortly after I graduated high school, and though I was pretty good at maths, I struggled to really conceptualise the fundamental intuition behind trigonometric functions and the (polar) complex plane. Instead, I was relying on brute memorisation of the unit triangles. Learning about tau and how it relates just instantly caused everything to click with me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's a fantastic video. I follow Numberphile but never saw this one, thanks for sharing.