does anyone know the origins of pi (i.e how the symbol came to be, where the value of 3.1415... came from)? I am just curious, but i would really like to know! :)

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cwrw238 · Answer

there's an interesting article on the wem 
google it

cwrw238 · Answer

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-is-pi-and-how-did-it

jamierox4ev3r · Answer

Thank you! I shall go investigate then ;)

jamierox4ev3r · Answer

does anyone else have any input?

anonymous · Answer

The value of 3.14 is the relationship of the circumfrence of a circle to its diameter

cwrw238 · Answer

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/Pi_through_the_ages.html - thats another article on the web which is very informative