List of letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering
- This list is about the meanings of the letters used in mathematics, science and engineering. SI units are indicated in parentheses. For the Unicode block
see Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols.
Some common conventions:
- Intensive quantities in physics are usually denoted with minuscules
while extensive are denoted with capital letters. - Most symbols are written in italics.
- Vectors can be denoted in boldface.
- Sets of numbers are typically bold or "blackboard bold".
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Å | angstrom |
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Ш | Tate–Shafarevich group (Ш(G )) |
ш | shuffle product |
ℵ | Cardinality of infinite sets |
ℶ | Cardinality of infinite sets |
∂ | Partial derivative |
∇ | Del operator Gradient Divergence Curl |