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

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   This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( January 2011 ) 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.

3. 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 ...

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

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   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. In these contexts, the capital letters and the small letters represent distinct and unrelated entities.

5. Quantity - Wikipedia

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   The essential part of mathematical quantities consists of having a collection of variables, each assuming a set of values. These can be a set of a single quantity, referred to as a scalar when represented by real numbers, or have multiple quantities as do vectors and tensors , two kinds of geometric objects.

6. Non-numerical words for quantities - Wikipedia

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   The English language has a number of words that denote specific or approximate quantities that are themselves not numbers. [1] Along with numerals, and special-purpose words like some, any, much, more, every, and all, they are quantifiers. Quantifiers are a kind of determiner and occur in many constructions with other determiners, like articles ...

7. Latin letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering

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   together with a degree symbol (°), the Celsius measurement of temperature = °C [10] the circumference of a circle or other closed curve; with a subscript, a cycle on that many vertices; with a subscript, a cyclic group of that order; the complement of a set (lowercase c and the symbol ∁ are also used) an arbitrary category; the number ...

8. Mathematical notation - Wikipedia

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   Mathematical notation consists of using symbols for representing operations, unspecified numbers, relations, and any other mathematical objects and assembling them into expressions and formulas. Mathematical notation is widely used in mathematics , science , and engineering for representing complex concepts and properties in a concise ...

9. Table of mathematical symbols by introduction date - Wikipedia

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   The following table lists many specialized symbols commonly used in modern mathematics, ordered by their introduction date. The table can also be ordered alphabetically by clicking on the relevant header title.