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Where did PI originate from?
PI is the Latin name of the Greek letter(by Greek letter I mean the PI symbol.
What does the symbol for pi represent in greek?
The symbol for pi (π), is the Greek letter that is the equivalent to the Roman p. It is the Greek letter pi. It is the first letter of the Greek word περίμετρος (perimetros) from which our word perimeter comes.
Is the symbol for Pi a Roman Numeral?
No. the symbol for pi stems off of the Greek letter pi, probably due to the fact that the discoverer of pi was Greek.
Is the symbol pi a greek letter?
Yes.
How are the symbol for pi and the word pi related?
The symbol of pi is 16th letter of the Greek alphabet and it was chosen because the first letter of the equivalent of the word perimeter begins with pi in the Greek language.
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