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		adornKey 19 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All elementary functions from a single binary oper... The construction so far uses ln(-1) to get to pi - so far no easy way to tau.

adornKey 18 days ago [–]

So, to follow up I'd say in the context of EML I think ln(-1) = pi*i is the natural fit. Pi and Tau are both more advanced constructs.

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