Π

See also: ϖ, П [U+041F CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER PE], ∏ [U+220F N-ARY PRODUCT], ㄇ [U+3107 BOPOMOFO LETTER M], ㅠ, 冂, and Appendix:Variations of "p"

Π U+03A0, Π GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PI ← Ο [U+039F] Greek and Coptic Ρ → [U+03A1]

Character variations

𐅃 U+10143, 𐅃 GREEK ACROPHONIC ATTIC FIVE ← 𐅂 [U+10142] Ancient Greek Numbers 𐅄 → [U+10144]

Translingual

Symbol

Π

1. (mathematics) Product over a set of like terms:

   $\prod _{n=1}^{4}n^{2}=1^{2}\cdot 2^{2}\cdot 3^{2}\cdot 4^{2}=576$

2. (mathematics, logic, computer science) A class (in some hierarchy of formulae, like the arithmetical hierarchy or polynomial hierarchy) of those formulae whose outermost quantifiers are universal quantifiers.

Usage notes

• (mathematics): Though there exists a distinct code point (∏) for the purpose of the mathematical product, the upper case pi here continues to be used for convenience.

See also

• Σ
• Π on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤐 (p, “pē”).

Letter

Π • (P) (uppercase, lowercase π)

1. The letter pi (πεῖ), the 16th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

Derived terms

• (Cyrillic) Π
• (Coptic) Ⲡ
• (Gothic) 𐍀

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ, ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Symbol

𐅃 • (V)

1. A digit 5 in the decimal acrophonic numeral system that predated the gematria system. An abbreviation of πέντε (pénte, “five”). Equivalent to the Roman digit V.

Usage notes

Unlike the other basic acrophonic units – Ι 1, Δ 10, Η 100, Χ 1000 and Μ 10,000 – 𐅃 5 has been assigned a separate Unicode character.

Derived terms

• 𐅈 5 talents, 𐅏 5 staters
• 𐅄 50
• 𐅅 500
• 𐅆 5,000
• 𐅇 50,000

Greek

Letter

Π • (P) (uppercase, lowercase π)

1. The uppercase letter pi (πι), the 16th letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ, ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
• Π΄
• ͵Π