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NAME

Math::Tau - provide the important mathematical constant tau = 6.2831...

VERSION

version 1.003

SYNOPSIS

    use Math::Tau;

    print tau/2;
    # 3.14159265358979

    use utf8;
    print τ/2;
    # 3.14159265358979

DESCRIPTION

tau is one of the most fundamental and misunderstood mathematical constants.

See The Tau Manifesto for why pi is a historical mistake.

CONSTANTS

tau

The mathematical constant 6.2831... as floating point.

τ

The Greek letter, for those of you who like to use Unicode identifiers.

SEE ALSO

Math::Complex, Math::Trig

AUTHOR

Franklin Chen <franklinchen@franklinchen.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Franklin Chen <franklinchen@franklinchen.com>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.