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No, pie are round; *cornbread* are square - ANON Anonymous sends more on the idea of mathematical concept of "pi" and its history, which, he says, is thousands of years old The ancient Egyptians, (Eastern) Indians, and Babylonians, among others, not to mention relative newcomer Archimedes (3rd century B.C.), would certainly be surprised to learn that pi (the constant ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter) was discovered a mere three centuries ago. It was in 1706 -- three hundred and six years ago - that Welshman Wm. Jones first used the Greek letter pi (it resembles two uprights supporting a tilde) as a symbol for that ratio, but the concept of the ratio stretches back some four millennia from our lofty perch of 2012. -Far away reader who asked to be signed ANONYMOUS - Why we can't be sure, but his information is interesting. That's his cryptic headline, by the way. This story was posted on 2012-03-14 01:13:58
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