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minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agofor the same reason that rulers start with 1, it would be utterly pointless to use anything else.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoYour ruler starts with 1? How do you measure stuff between 0 and 1?
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·53 minutes agothose are unlabeled, have you ever seen a ruler?
minus-squareF04118F@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-214 hours agoIt was freely chosen for simplicity. If you choose another R, the other sides (x and y) become R*cos(th) and R*sin(th) I don’t understand what is harmful about the unity circle either.
minus-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9·14 hours agoAny circle could have its radius technically be 1, as long as you set the units of measurement so that 1 equals the radius of the circle.
minus-squareWolf314159@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours agoBecause it’s a unit circle.
Why is it 1
for the same reason that rulers start with 1, it would be utterly pointless to use anything else.
Your ruler starts with 1? How do you measure stuff between 0 and 1?
those are unlabeled, have you ever seen a ruler?
It was freely chosen for simplicity.
If you choose another R, the other sides (x and y) become R*cos(th) and R*sin(th)
I don’t understand what is harmful about the unity circle either.
Any circle could have its radius technically be 1, as long as you set the units of measurement so that 1 equals the radius of the circle.
Because it’s a unit circle.