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Appendix G: The Greek Alphabet

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    Table G1 - The Greek Alphabet

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

    Contributors and Attributions

    • Samuel J. Ling (Truman State University), Jeff Sanny (Loyola Marymount University), and Bill Moebs with many contributing authors. This work is licensed by OpenStax University Physics under a Creative Commons Attribution License (by 4.0).


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