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Depends on what you mean by setting pi = 1. You can subtract (pi - 1) from every number, giving you a translation of the real numbers. You can divide everythi
by mej10 14y ago
Depends on what you mean by setting pi = 1.
You can subtract (pi - 1) from every number, giving you a translation of the real numbers.
You can divide everything by pi, giving you a slight compression that ultimately doesn't mean anything.
You could use it to create a field extension of the rationals, giving you a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_number_field http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_number_field where {1, pi} is the basis.
But to answer your question: probably nothing.
- anonymouz 14y agoCareful, none of these actually "set pi=1". Also, since pi is transcendental, the field would not be an algebraic number field, but in fact isomorphic to the rational functions over Q, i.e., quotients of polynomials with coefficients in Q.
- mej10 14y agoYep, you are right. I can't believe I forgot that.