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Imaginary Numbers

Name: !kuk54qxINg 2007-12-18 17:27

Are complex numbers any more imaginary than real numbers? What makes pi more real than i?

Name: RedCream 2007-12-28 20:33

>>88
Ignore >>89 since he's made of fail.  Of course you could arbitrarily set π=1, by declaring that the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter is exactly 1.  That's how we ended up with the speed of light being EXACTLY 299,792,458 m/s ... the meter itself was redefined to match an exact value of the speed of light.

In other words, merely divide the entire number line by π, and you get what you want.  You just have to accept that the number line you have now is based upon a UNIT which you've defined to be π.

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