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  2. Greek letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering

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    Sometimes, font variants of Greek letters are used as distinct symbols in mathematics, in particular for ε/ϵ and π/ϖ. The archaic letter digamma (Ϝ/ϝ/ϛ) is sometimes used. The Bayer designation naming scheme for stars typically uses the first Greek letter, α, for the brightest star in each constellation, and runs through the alphabet ...

  3. List of mathematical constants - Wikipedia

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    A mathematical constant is a key number whose value is fixed by an unambiguous definition, often referred to by a symbol (e.g., an alphabet letter), or by mathematicians' names to facilitate using it across multiple mathematical problems. [1]

  4. List of letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering

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    Latin and Greek letters are used in mathematics, science, engineering, and other areas where mathematical notation is used as symbols for constants, special functions, and also conventionally for variables representing certain quantities.

  5. What Is Pi Day? Here’s How the Mathematical Symbol Turned ...

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    Going back to the holiday's roots, the mathematical symbol Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. The value of Pi is approximately 3.14, but it has infinite decimal ...

  6. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    A mathematical symbol is a figure or a combination of figures that is used to represent a mathematical object, an action on mathematical objects, a relation between mathematical objects, or for structuring the other symbols that occur in a formula. As formulas are entirely constituted with symbols of various types, many symbols are needed for ...

  7. Pi (letter) - Wikipedia

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    The product operator in mathematics, indicated with capital pi notation Π (in analogy to the use of the capital Sigma Σ as summation symbol). The osmotic pressure in chemistry. The viscous stress tensor in continuum mechanics and fluid dynamics.

  8. Mathematical constant - Wikipedia

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    The circumference of a circle with diameter 1 is π.. A mathematical constant is a number whose value is fixed by an unambiguous definition, often referred to by a special symbol (e.g., an alphabet letter), or by mathematicians' names to facilitate using it across multiple mathematical problems. [1]

  9. Greek alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Greek symbols are used as symbols in mathematics, physics and other sciences. Many symbols have traditional uses, such as lower case epsilon (ε) for an arbitrarily small positive number , lower case pi (π) for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter , capital sigma (Σ) for summation , and lower case sigma (σ) for standard ...