Greek
Β — Beta function
Γ — Angular momentum, Gamma function, Christoffel symbols
Δ — A macroscopic change in the value of a variable, Laplace operator, Delta particle
Θ — Heaviside step function
Λ — Iwasawa algebra, Lorentz transformation, Lambda Hyperon
Ξ — Cascade Hyperon
Π — Product
Σ — Sum, Surface, Sigma Hyperon
Φ — Alternative symbol for Quantum mechanical wavefunction
Ψ — Quantum mechanical wavefunction
Ω — Chaitin's constant, Ohm, Solid angle, Omega Hyperon
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Famous quotes containing the word greek:
“In all the good Greek of Plato
I lack my roastbeef and potato.
A better man was Aristotle,
Pulling steady on the bottle.”
—John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)
“The poets were not alone in sanctioning myths, for long before the poets the states and the lawmakers had sanctioned them as a useful expedient.... They needed to control the people by superstitious fears, and these cannot be aroused without myths and marvels.”
—Strabo (c. 58 B.C.–c. 24 A.D., Greek geographer. Geographia, bk. 1, sct. 2, subsct. 8.
“The uppermost idea with Hellenism is to see things as they really are; the uppermost ideas with Hebraism is conduct and obedience. Nothing can do away with this ineffaceable difference. The Greek quarrel with the body and its desires is, that they hinder right thinking; the Hebrew quarrel with them is, that they hinder right acting.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)