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Why 3.1416 is called as pie instead of other words?

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Updated: 8/20/2019

It was suggested that the Greek symbol for the letter "P" (Pi) be attached to this mysterious number by William Jones, a Welsh mathematician in the early 18th century. There is no logical explanation as to why this symbol was chosen.

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