pi, π (constant)

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ID: https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/constants/math/basic/pi
Definition name: pi

Constant name: pi
Latin symbol: pi
Display symbol: π

Description: The ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Approximately equal to 3.1415926.

An early definition of π as the symbol for the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter goes back to William Jones, Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos (1706), page 263.

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