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We are two brothers
bounded by a circle
I'm his double
but he has twice more legs than me

What are we?

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  • $\begingroup$ This is my first riddle, and if anything should be unclear or two broad, I'd like to apologize for that in advance. $\endgroup$
    – yunzen
    Jan 18, 2019 at 10:03

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I think this is a play on something around

pi ($\pi$) and tau ($\tau$) both circle ratios.

I'm his double but he has twice more legs than me

$\tau = 2\pi$ but $\pi$ has twice the number of legs of $\tau$.

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    $\begingroup$ That was even faster than I'm allowed to accept it $\endgroup$
    – yunzen
    Jan 18, 2019 at 10:13
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    $\begingroup$ Thanks HerrSerker! I was fortunate as once asked Before the Ides of March $\endgroup$
    – Tom
    Jan 18, 2019 at 10:18

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