Greek Letters

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Chapter 19 Greek Letters

Section 19.1

Many of our models use Greek letters. Here is a quick place to check what these letters are called.

Typically, we use lowercase letters, but this section contains uppercase letters as well.

Table 19.1. Greek letters: names and symbols

Letter	Lowercase	Uppercase
Alpha	$\alpha$	$A$
Beta	$\beta$	$B$
Gamma	$\gamma$	$\Gamma$
Delta	$\delta$	$\Delta$
Epsilon	$\varepsilon$ or $\epsilon$	$E$
Zeta	$\zeta$	$Z$
Eta	$\eta$	$H$
Theta	$\theta$	$\Theta$
Iota	$\iota$	$I$
Kappa	$\kappa$	$K$
Lambda	$\lambda$	$\Lambda$
Mu	$\mu$	$M$
Nu	$\nu$	$N$
Xi	$\xi$	$\Xi$
Omicron	$o$	$O$
Pi	$\pi$	$\Pi$
Rho	$\rho$	$P$
Sigma	$\sigma$	$\Sigma$
Tau	$\tau$	$T$
Upsilon	$\upsilon$	$\Upsilon$
Phi	$\phi$	$\Phi$
Chi	$\chi$	$X$
Psi	$\psi$	$\Psi$
Omega	$\omega$	$\Omega$

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Letter	Lowercase	Uppercase
Alpha	\(\alpha\)	\(A\)
Beta	\(\beta\)	\(B\)
Gamma	\(\gamma\)	\(\Gamma\)
Delta	\(\delta\)	\(\Delta\)
Epsilon	\(\varepsilon\) or \(\epsilon\)	\(E\)
Zeta	\(\zeta\)	\(Z\)
Eta	\(\eta\)	\(H\)
Theta	\(\theta\)	\(\Theta\)
Iota	\(\iota\)	\(I\)
Kappa	\(\kappa\)	\(K\)
Lambda	\(\lambda\)	\(\Lambda\)
Mu	\(\mu\)	\(M\)
Nu	\(\nu\)	\(N\)
Xi	\(\xi\)	\(\Xi\)
Omicron	\(o\)	\(O\)
Pi	\(\pi\)	\(\Pi\)
Rho	\(\rho\)	\(P\)
Sigma	\(\sigma\)	\(\Sigma\)
Tau	\(\tau\)	\(T\)
Upsilon	\(\upsilon\)	\(\Upsilon\)
Phi	\(\phi\)	\(\Phi\)
Chi	\(\chi\)	\(X\)
Psi	\(\psi\)	\(\Psi\)
Omega	\(\omega\)	\(\Omega\)