Does pi exist in all physical situations?

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DanielMB said:
It is not, are geometric considerations expressed in the language of maths, it is about the physical universe, all our formulae where Pi appears mean "Pi is a constant 3,14... in Euclidean space"
Does the formula $$\frac{\pi^2}{6} = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty} \frac 1 {n^2}$$ depend on the local stress-energy tensor?

You could write a paper on how to do real analysis in curved spacetime!
 
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DanielMB said:
It is not, are geometric considerations expressed in the language of maths, it is about the physical universe, all our formulae where Pi appears mean "Pi is a constant 3,14... in Euclidean space"
But pi and e also come from non-geometrical problems. pi and e are the solutions to the equations
-1 = eix
and
d(xy) / dy = xy

No geometry explicitly involved there.