However, the letters of the Greek alphabet are very common in physics, mathematics, and engineering, because we need symbols to stand for different quantities, and the 26 letters of the Roman/English ...However, the letters of the Greek alphabet are very common in physics, mathematics, and engineering, because we need symbols to stand for different quantities, and the 26 letters of the Roman/English alphabet are often not enough. 1 Therefore you should memorize the entire Greek alphabet, so that you can provide the correct name of each letter when you see it. 2 The table shows both uppercase and lowercase forms are shown in the table.