Greek Letters

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Chapter 18 Greek Letters

Section 18.1

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 18.1. A simple table

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	\(\omega\)	\(\Omega\)