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The first time the symbol Pi was first used for Pi was in ancient Greece in their numbers. The symbol "π" was number 80 in Greece.

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Who first used the symbol for pi and what year?

The Greeks did starting around 730 BC.


Who was first to use the pi symbol?

the first person to use pi was the amazing thomas paul pearson


Who popularized the Pi symbol?

It was popularized by Leonhard Euler, when he adopted the symbol in 1737. By this time, Euler was already a fairly prominent mathematician, serving as head of the mathematics department at the Academy at St. Petersburg. As far as modern historians know, the symbol was first used for that purpose in print in 1706, by Welsh mathematician called William Jones. Prior to that, the symbol for pi was used for the circumference of a circle, not for the (constant) ratio of that circumference to the circle's diameter.


Who developed the symbol pi?

---- The symbol for pi was used by the early English mathematicians William Oughtred (1574 -1660), Isaac Barrow (1630-1677), and David Gregory (1661-1701) to designate the circumference , or periphery, of a circle. The first to use the symbol for the ratio of the circumference to the diameter was the English writer, William Jones, in a publication in 1706. The symbol was not generally used in this sense, however, until Euler (1707-1783) adopted it in 1737. (Eves p99) By Douglas Weaver Mathematics Coordinator, Taperoo High School with the assistance of Anthony D. Smith Computing Studies teacher, Taperoo High School. ----


What does leaving in terms of pi mean?

Leaving in terms of pi means, through out the whole answer you have the pi symbol when you sub and compute. So basically heres an example: 2pir r=14 2pi14 28pi your answer is 28 with the pi symbol on the right but I dont know how to write it on the computer was that of help?

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