Happy Tau Day!

Whenever I find a solution that works better than whatever I’m already using, I find it very difficult to go back. Such is the case with my choice of circle constant. There was a time when I viewed pi—the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter—as fundamental. However, since reading the tau manifesto, I have come to see pi as flawed and ugly.

Is Pi Wrong?

Today, March 14 (or 3.14, if that helps make more sense), is π day—a celebration of the constant defined by the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, and promoted as a day for celebrating mathematics. But is π the wrong circle constant?