eli5: Can’t we just create a different scale with pi as an integer?

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We have number like pi and √2 that are problematic in some cases.
Does it exists a branch of math that uses them as units and recalculate every number in that scale to simplify some calculus?

Like
-π, 0,π,2π,3π and so on.

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Yes. For specific applications we do. Angles are (or can be) expressed in fractions of pi. Complex numbers have a fraction of sqrt(-1) aka i component. Distance between celestial bodies is described in light years. Mass of celestial bodies is described in masses of Jupiter/the sun…

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