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Greek letters are used in mathematics, science, engineering, and other areas where mathematical notation is used as symbols for constants, special functions, and also conventionally for variables representing certain quantities. In these contexts, the capital letters and the small letters represent distinct and unrelated entities.
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The letter Sigma. Sigma (/ ˈ s ɪ ɡ m ə / SIG-mə; [1] uppercase Σ, lowercase σ, lowercase in word-final position ς; Ancient Greek: σίγμα) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.
greek beta symbol u+03d1: ϑ: greek theta symbol u+03d2: ϒ: greek upsilon with hook symbol u+03d5: ϕ: greek phi symbol u+03f0: ϰ: greek kappa symbol u+03f1: ϱ: greek rho symbol u+03f4: ϴ: greek capital theta symbol u+03f5: ϵ: greek lunate epsilon symbol u+03f6 ϶ greek reversed lunate epsilon symbol
This template displays the Greek letter sigma for use in mathematical equations. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Uppercase uc uppercase Whether or not the character displayed is uppercase. Unknown optional No italic noitalic Whether or not the character displayed is not italic. Unknown optional var var Whether to use the variation of the character for ...
In SGML, HTML and XML documents, the logical constructs known as character data and attribute values consist of sequences of characters, in which each character can manifest directly (representing itself), or can be represented by a series of characters called a character reference, of which there are two types: a numeric character reference and a character entity reference.
The following table lists many specialized symbols commonly used in modern mathematics, ordered by their introduction date. The table can also be ordered alphabetically by clicking on the relevant header title.
The following table lists many common symbols, together with their name, how they should be read out loud, and the related field of mathematics. Additionally, the subsequent columns contains an informal explanation, a short example, the Unicode location, the name for use in HTML documents, [1] and the LaTeX symbol.