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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You cant really do that as π is a ratio between a circles circumference and its diameter.

You could say a value of π is equal to say 1 but then the diameter of the circle will just be 1/π because that ratio would not change becauseyou made π an integer now the diameter isn’t an integer

What this means is you could create a number set for π like you suggested 1π, 2π etc but when you go back to the source, the diameter to circumference ratio, it will always be the same.

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