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The nalgebra crate provides a wide set of mathematical primitives for linear algebra, computer physics, graphic engines etc. I'm not going to dive deep into the underlying math, there are a lot of tutorials and courses, some of them specifically targeted at the programmers. My goal for today is just a brief showcase of what we can do in Rust with nalgebra.

Important note: this article is outdated! Go to http://zsiciarz.github.io/24daysofrust/ for a recent version of all of 24 days of Rust articles. The blogpost here is kept as it is for historical reasons.

τ (tau) is one of the most important mathematical constants (if not the most important), relating circle's circumference to it's radius. See the tau manifesto for the long explanation if you're still an unbeliever. Can we use it in Rust? Of course, there's a crate for that!