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TauDay & Electoral Mathematics

⸘Ŭalabio‽
Mon, Jun 26, 2017 5:49 AM
06-28 is TauDay, a day devoted to the 1 true CircleConstant (the 1st 3 digits of the decimal representation of Tau (τ) is 6.28).


I shall tie this to Electoral Mathematics:

An HalfTauist tried to argue that Tau (τ) is not as good as Half Tau with me. I mopped the floor with him. The only argument which held water is that τ collides with other uses of τ (unfortunately, collisions are unavoidable). Still, it might be better to choose a symbol for c/r with fewer collisions. This is how I would do it:

#	0.	Nominate alternative symbols, which are already part of the UnicodeStandard.
#	1.	Have a score election with values from -9 to +9, skipping over 0, thus forcing Mathematicians to come down 1 way or another.
#	2.	Sum the votes.
#	3.	Remove all symbols with negative totals
#	4.	Have a ScoreVote runoff of the symbols with positive scores
#	5.	Have the top-2 candidates have a plurality runoff
#	6.	Have the winner go up against τ in a plurality runoff.
#	7.	If the new symbol wins, we adopt the new symbol.
06-28 is TauDay, a day devoted to the 1 true CircleConstant (the 1st 3 digits of the decimal representation of Tau (τ) is 6.28). I shall tie this to Electoral Mathematics: An HalfTauist tried to argue that Tau (τ) is not as good as Half Tau with me. I mopped the floor with him. The only argument which held water is that τ collides with other uses of τ (unfortunately, collisions are unavoidable). Still, it might be better to choose a symbol for c/r with fewer collisions. This is how I would do it: # 0. Nominate alternative symbols, which are already part of the UnicodeStandard. # 1. Have a score election with values from -9 to +9, skipping over 0, thus forcing Mathematicians to come down 1 way or another. # 2. Sum the votes. # 3. Remove all symbols with negative totals # 4. Have a ScoreVote runoff of the symbols with positive scores # 5. Have the top-2 candidates have a plurality runoff # 6. Have the winner go up against τ in a plurality runoff. # 7. If the new symbol wins, we adopt the new symbol.