List of letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering

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This list is about the meanings of the letters used in mathematics, science and engineering. For the Unicode block, see Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols.

special functions, and also conventionally for variables
representing certain quantities.

Hindu-Arabic numerals

Typographical variations of digits in Unicode
Name Digits
Double-struck
 𝟘 𝟙 𝟚 𝟛 𝟜 𝟝 𝟞 𝟟 𝟠 𝟡

Latin

Main article: Latin letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering

Greek

Main article: Greek letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering

Other scripts

Hebrew

א Cardinality of infinite sets
ב Cardinality of infinite sets
ג Gimel function
ת Tav (number)

Cyrillic

Л Lobachevsky function[1]
Ш Tate–Shafarevich group
ш
Shuffle product

Japanese

よ
Yoneda embedding[2]
サ Satake compactification[3][4]

Modified Latin

Å Angstrom
∀ Universal quantification
Đ Dispersity
∂ Partial derivative
ð Spin-weighted partial derivative
∃ Existential quantification
Reduced Planck constant
Ø Empty set
Integral

Modified Greek

∇
Del operator
Gradient
Divergence
Curl
∈ Element (mathematics)
ƛ Reduced wavelength
∐ Coproduct

References

  1. doi:10.14989/doctor.k20155
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  2. arXiv:1506.08870 [math.SG
    ].
  3. ^ Mukai, Shigeru (11 January 1999). "Moduli of abelian surfaces and regular polyhedral groups". Moduli of Algebraic Varieties: 5–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2023.
  4. ISBN 9783540381761
    .
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