In a message dated 2002-01-19 17:07:34 Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> In fact Cajori mentions that
> the capital pi Was used at some point for 6.28... so someone had
> the same idea long before I did.

That is a VERY intriguing thought, one that should be especially worthy of 
mention to the AMS.  I thought capital pi already had an established meaning, 
but perhaps that is in physics or some other branch of science rather than 
mathematics.

-Doug Ewell
 Fullerton, California

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