It is claimed that pi was used in the Old Kingdom in Egypt (circa 2686 BCE to circa 2181 BCE).
When was pi first being used approximated?
William Jones first used the pi symbol (π) in 1706
the Ancient Myans
Archimedes
1706, it is also that same year that the letter "pi" (from the Greek alphabet) was first used in publication.
Pi was first used by the Babylonians and Egyptians.
When was pi first being used approximated?
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.
Pythagoras was the 1st person who used the pi symbol first
William Jones first used the pi symbol (π) in 1706
the ancient Egyptians used pi to build pyramids
William Jones in 1706
William Jones
the Ancient Myans
Archimedes
Archimedes
The mathematician William Jones first used the Greek letter pi in 1706. In 1707, the great mathematician Euler popularized it.