The Greek Alphabet

Sometimes when a student says "math is Greek to me" he or she means it quite literally. Greek letters are often used in mathematics. This will be especially the case next semester if you take Math 109, Trigonometry. The tables below may help you to become more familiar with these symbols. By the way, do you know the etymology of the word alphabet?

Lower case sigma has a second form, , that is more commonly used in mathematics. To learn more about the Greek alphabet see Greek 101. To learn about other alphabets see Evolution of Alphabets.

Acknowledgment: The tables where perpared by Dr. Charles S. Tritt. (Link went bad.)