Humans had spent centuries trying to understand infinity, and in his “Treatise on the Conic Sections”, the English mathematician John Wallis introduced a symbol that expresses it.

Meta Platforms Inc on Thursday beat back a trademark lawsuit by blockchain nonprofit Dfinity Foundation, which had accused the company formerly known as Facebook of ripping off its infinity-symbol ...

The infinity symbol, devoid of corners and jagged edges, can be seen as nonthreatening.) “But in a way it kind of looks exactly like you’d expect,” Mr. Evamy added.

Kent has a long history with the infinity symbol. Mathematician John Wallis, who was born in Ashford in 1616, is credited with its creation in 1655. The unveiling of the social sculpture project ...