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  2. Greek alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The symbol ϵ (U+03F5) is designated specifically for the lunate form, used as a technical symbol. The symbol ϑ ("script theta") is a cursive form of theta (θ), frequent in handwriting, and used with a specialized meaning as a technical symbol. The symbol ϰ ("kappa symbol") is a cursive form of kappa (κ), used as a technical symbol.

  3. Greek letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering

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    the gamma function, a generalization of the factorial [13] the upper incomplete gamma function; the modular group, the group of fractional linear transformations; the gamma distribution, a continuous probability distribution defined using the gamma function [14] second-order sensitivity to price in mathematical finance

  4. List of Latin-script letters - Wikipedia

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    Alpha (script A) IPA, Cameroon Languages, Duka [citation needed] /ɑ/ IPA open back unrounded vowel, cf. Greek: Α α ꬰ Barred alpha Teuthonista [4] ꭤ Inverted alpha APA [5] /ä/ Ɒ ɒ ᶛ Turned alpha (turned script A) IPA [6] /ɒ/ IPA open back rounded vowel: ʙ 𐞄 Small capital B IPA /ʙ/ IPA voiced bilabial trill; Superscript form is ...

  5. Alpha - Wikipedia

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    Alpha / ˈ æ l f ə / [1] (uppercase Α, lowercase α) [a] is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter aleph, which is the West Semitic word for "ox". [2] Letters that arose from alpha include the Latin letter A and the Cyrillic letter А.

  6. Archaic Greek alphabets - Wikipedia

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    This symbol later dropped out of alphabetic use, but survived in the form of the numeral symbol sampi (modern ϡ). As an alphabetic character, it has been attested in the cities of Miletus , [ 17 ] Ephesos , Halikarnassos , Erythrae , Teos (all situated in the region of Ionia in Asia Minor ), in the island of Samos , in the Ionian colony of ...

  7. Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper - Wikipedia

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    Dr. Bethe, who received a copy of the manuscript, did not object, and, as a matter of fact, was quite helpful in subsequent discussions. There was, however, a rumor that later, when the alpha, beta, gamma theory went temporarily on the rocks, Dr. Bethe seriously considered changing his name to Zacharias.

  8. NATO phonetic alphabet - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. Letter names for unambiguous communication Not to be confused with International Phonetic Alphabet. Alphabetic code words A lfa N ovember B ravo O scar C harlie P apa D elta Q uebec E cho R omeo F oxtrot S ierra G olf T ango H otel U niform I ndia V ictor J uliett W hiskey K ilo X ray L ...

  9. Einstein field equations - Wikipedia

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    The Einstein field equations (EFE) may be written in the form: [5] [1] + = EFE on the wall of the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in Leiden, Netherlands. where is the Einstein tensor, is the metric tensor, is the stress–energy tensor, is the cosmological constant and is the Einstein gravitational constant.