Greek Penmanship Workshop

1. Greek Penmanship Workshop

2. Greek Letters Used in Mathematics α Β Γ γ alpha β beta gamma Α Ε ε Ζ ζ Δ δ epsilon zeta delta Η η Θ θ Ι ι eta theta iota Κ κ κ Λ λ Μ μ kappa lambda mu Ν ν Ξ ξ Ο ο nu xi omicron Π π Ρ ρ Σ σ pi rho sigma φ Τ τ Υ υ Φ tau upsilon phi χ X Ψ ψ Ω ω chi psi omega Letters that resemble Latin letters are not used in Mathematics.

3. A Note on Pronunciation • English-speaking mathematicians use neither ancient nor modern pronunciation of the names of the Greek letters. They use traditional English pronunciation. • Mathematicians around the world pronounce the names of Greek letters in a way that is traditional to their language. • Greek mathematicians living in Greece use modern pronunciation of Greek letters.

4. How to Write Greek Letters alpha /al-fuh/ beta /bay-tuh/   gamma /gam-muh/

5.   delta /dell-tuh/  epsilon /epp-sill-on/ zeta /zay-tuh/

6. eta /ay-tuh/ start  start  theta /thay-tuh/ kappa /cap-uh/

7.     lambda /lam-duh/ mu /myoo/ nu /noo/

8.   xi /k-sigh/      pi /pie/   rho /r-oh/

9. sigma /sig-muh/  tau /tah-oh/   start phi /f-eye or fee/ 

10. chi /k-eye/     psi /sigh/   omega /oh-may-guh/

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