Robert Palais wrote: > Thanks, good suggestion! Don Tucker pointed out the stability of a > three-legged stool. It has to be one-syllable, though tri does > have a certain "3"-ness to it. Right on! It sure does, even more, "tri" is how number 3 is pronounced in many Slavic languages. You would sure produce a lot of jokes, let alone confusion. Like III/2 r^2 when spoken would be heard like 3/2 r^2... And it's not even a good approximation since tri is close to 6, not to 3... I suppose "newpi" is not bad at all. Eventually, as it becomes widely used, the people will drop the "new" part themselves (well, let's hope they won't drop the "pi":).
> I'd be curious if you disagree with the thesis that a symbol for > 6.28 has scientific/mathematical merit (in comparison > 3.14...), and if so > why? 3.14... is to a circle what 4 is to a square. It is the relationship between the diameter and the circumference. The fact that the number 2 appears in many formulas does not make it bad. I even welcome it, because 2 pi is something that stands out and immediately suggests circles and angles. You can call it inertia, but you have to agree that "2x" is more special than "Y". Well, it is to me anyway. Anyway, good luck with the newpi efforts, and .... may the best pi win! ;) Lars
