numbers-3
Original: numbers-3 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: PROPOSED NUMBER IMPROVEMENTS
The comic is a table with three columns: CHANGE, REASONING, and NEW SYMBOL. There are four rows.
Row 1:
CHANGE: Change every instance of π to 2π.
REASONING: Makes several equations prettier.
NEW SYMBOL: τ (tau)
Row 2:
CHANGE: Change every instance of e to e/2.
REASONING: Gets exponential equations to chill out a little. Also, makes Euler's equation look way harder.
NEW SYMBOL: A symbol resembling a backslash through the top of an e, with an arrow labeled "just cut the top part off an e".
Row 3:
CHANGE: Change every i to just 0.
REASONING: Many equations more elegant because a big chunk of them is now missing.
NEW SYMBOL: Ø (a zero with a slash), with an arrow labeled "(is zero rotated 180°)".
Row 4:
CHANGE: Change every use of 1 to 3.5.
REASONING: Just a much better number.
NEW SYMBOL: π with a note "(no longer in use)".
Votey:
Hand-lettered text: "Why don't we use πππ for 2π?" (Three pi symbols are drawn joined together at the top as a single combined symbol.)
The comic is a table with three columns: CHANGE, REASONING, and NEW SYMBOL. There are four rows.
Row 1:
CHANGE: Change every instance of π to 2π.
REASONING: Makes several equations prettier.
NEW SYMBOL: τ (tau)
Row 2:
CHANGE: Change every instance of e to e/2.
REASONING: Gets exponential equations to chill out a little. Also, makes Euler's equation look way harder.
NEW SYMBOL: A symbol resembling a backslash through the top of an e, with an arrow labeled "just cut the top part off an e".
Row 3:
CHANGE: Change every i to just 0.
REASONING: Many equations more elegant because a big chunk of them is now missing.
NEW SYMBOL: Ø (a zero with a slash), with an arrow labeled "(is zero rotated 180°)".
Row 4:
CHANGE: Change every use of 1 to 3.5.
REASONING: Just a much better number.
NEW SYMBOL: π with a note "(no longer in use)".
Votey:
Hand-lettered text: "Why don't we use πππ for 2π?" (Three pi symbols are drawn joined together at the top as a single combined symbol.)
Alt text
A hand-drawn three-column table titled "PROPOSED NUMBER IMPROVEMENTS." Columns are labeled CHANGE, REASONING, and NEW SYMBOL, with four rows of joke math reforms. Row 1: change every π to 2π because it makes equations prettier; new symbol τ (tau). Row 2: change every e to e/2 to make exponential equations chill out and Euler's equation look harder; new symbol is an e with the top cut off (per a labeled arrow). Row 3: change every i to just 0, making equations more elegant because a big chunk is now missing; new symbol is Ø, noted as "zero rotated 180°." Row 4: change every use of 1 to 3.5 because it's just a much better number; new symbol shown as π with the note "(no longer in use)." Votey: hand-lettered text reading "Why don't we use πππ for 2π?" where three pi symbols are fused together at the top into one combined glyph.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.