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Greek letters
These commands may be used only in math mode. The best way to ensure
this in Latex2
is to use
\ensuremath{}. \ensuremath may be used both in text-
and in math-mode, and allows defining a composite symbol once and use it
both in text- and in math-mode without having to worry that, say, a sub-
or superscript will break the local environment (e.g. if we want to
define a symbol e^{\alpha}, then we may define it as
\newcommand{\epow}{\ensuremath{e^{\alpha}}} and then use
\epow regardless whether it is as a part of an equation (between
$ $ in math mode) or whether it is used in the text.
Lower case
- \alpha
- \beta
- \gamma
- \delta
- \epsilon
- \varepsilon (variation, script-like)
- \zeta
- \eta
- \theta
- \vartheta (variation, script-like)
- \iota
- \kappa
- \lambda
- \mu
- \nu
- \xi
- \pi
- \varpi (variation)
- \rho
- \varrho (variation, with the tail)
- \sigma
- \varsigma (variation, script-like)
- \tau
- \upsilon
- \phi
- \varphi (variation, script-like)
- \chi
- \psi
- \omega
Capital letters
- \Gamma
- \Delta
- \Theta
- \Lambda
- \Xi
- \Pi
- \Sigma
- \Upsilon
- \Phi
- \Psi
- \Omega
See also:
See also Math Formulas,
Math Symbols
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Last updated: R.A. Jansen -- 7 Jul 2004