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nvadertoday at 7:21 AM1 replyview on HN

So something that is entirely revolving once a second is spinning at 2 * pi Hertz?

Hertz just thinking about it.


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Sesse__today at 8:48 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_frequency

It's very convenient when you're working with periodic signals (say, when discussing the FFT); you don't have to drag a 2pi factor around everywhere.