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>then don't find it inelegant that his proof uses not a unit circle but a circle with a diameter of 1?

I don't know, do you find it elegant? It's like a goddamn footnote, that's the whole point!

For reference, you trotted out Euclid when you defined the circle. I only pointed out whom you referenced.

>And if you do find a few cases where π is super convenient (probably because you only care about half the rotation of something), feel free to substitute half tau. :)

yawn

It does go without saying that you won't read this post, doesn't it? You didn't read the previous one.



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