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As Archimedes said:
if you put a circle between two hexagons; then, the perimeter of the circle is between the area of the two hexagons; and if you increase the number of the sides of the polygons, you get a closer ratio to π. (As shown in image no. 3 )
Pi (π) has been known for almost 4000 years, but even with all that time, we still can't calculate its actual value. The Babylonians calculated pi to be 3, and an ancient tablet indicated 3.125 as a closer approximation. The Egyptians calculated pi to be around 3.1605. Archimedes approximated pi by using the Pythagorean Theorem to find the areas of two regular polygons inscribed within and circumscribed around the circle. Zu Chongzhi, a Chinese mathematician and astronomer, calculated pi to be 355/113 by starting with an inscribed regular 24,576-gon and carrying out lengthy calculations involving hundreds of square roots. The symbol for pi was introduced by William Jones in 1706 and popularized by Leonhard Euler in 1737.

Pi has numerous practical applications, including solving geometry problems like finding the area of a circle and electrical applications. Statisticians use pi to track population dynamics, and medicine benefits from pi when studying the structure of the eye. Biochemists use pi to understand DNA's structure and function, and physicists use it in their calculations when looking into the behavior of fluid ripples. Clock and aircraft designers use pi to design pendulums and calculate areas of the aircraft's skin, respectively. Navigation, such as GPS, and measuring the magnetic permeability of a body also use pi. In short, pi is a fundamental mathematical constant with an extensive range of uses in various fields of study.