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How did the π invented?​

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The ancient Babylonians calculated the area of a circle by taking 3 times the square of its radius, which gave a value of pi = 3. The first calculation of π was done by Archimedes of Syracuse (287–212 BC), one of the greatest mathematicians of the ancient world.

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