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Apr 10, 2018 at 5:12
Mar 29, 2018 at 20:54 comment added David Richerby @origimbo Obviously, the dispute you refer to is whether or not one should write $2\pi$, $(1+1)\pi$ or even just $\pi+\pi$. ;-)
Mar 29, 2018 at 20:36 comment added origimbo That strongly depends on what you're writing. My undergraduate maths course probably had fewer total uses of $8$ in it than uses of $\tan$. Of course $2\pi$ turned up quite frequently, which leads to another disputed definition...
Mar 29, 2018 at 19:14 history answered David Richerby CC BY-SA 3.0