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I don't see how that would help: e^(i*√s) is only further analyzable when s is the square of a rational number, but even then it won't help you go further: e^i*k is not rational (k≠0). In something like DFT or FIR analysis, it wouldn't help to work with spread instead of angle, I think. Integrating over s^2 only adds more steps, and I also don't see how it could help numerical approximation.


Wildberger's take (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by0Gy1ZJ_hU ) is that rational trigonometry is well-suited to 'triangle geometry' (i.e. anywhere we might use Pythagoras); whilst angles are well-suited to uniform circular motion (although even there he prefers turns instead of radians ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnQXRdgN_7I ).




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