Re:A trick to eliminate 2π (sometimes)
by dan_fornika on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @02:29PM
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Would it be more appropriate to call 2πi "tau dot"?
The problem with Tau is that it's already used for a lot of other things. I like to use π with a line through it for 2π ("pi cross"). But that's less likely to catch on since Tau for 2π is already well known.
Re:A trick to eliminate 2π (sometimes)
by linuxdude314 on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @02:58PM
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This is the way!
Introduce all the constants you need.
Don’t redefine functions and operators for syntactic sugar.
On a similar note, when doing quantum physics, I like to introduce h dot, which is i × h bar. There are tons of formulas where you either get i × h bar or -i / h bar, but these are just h dot and 1 / h dot, so this removes a little sign confusion and saves a little handwriting.
People will argue that real constants are more natural, but maybe they're not. Maybe radians are naturally imaginary, so if h bar is meant to have dimensions of energy time per radian, then it's better to use the imaginary h dot.