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The Greek Alphabet
Using letters of the alphabet to stand in place of values in equations does pose one small problem - there are only 26 letters in the Latin alphabet (which the English language uses, and this website is written in), and at times, re-using the same letter to stand for different things in different equations can get confusing.
As a consequence, mathematicians often mix Greek letters into equations as well.
Here are the upper and lowercase letters of the Greek alphabet, together with their names:
| Α | α | alpha | |
| Β | β | beta | |
| Γ | γ | gamma | |
| Δ | δ | delta | |
| Ε | ε | epsilon | |
| Ζ | ζ | zeta | |
| Η | η | eta | |
| Θ | θ | theta | |
| Ι | ι | iota | |
| Κ | κ | kappa | |
| Λ | λ | lambda | |
| Μ | μ | mu | |
| Ν | ν | nu | |
| Ξ | ξ | xi | |
| Ο | ο | omicron | |
| Π | π | pi | |
| Ρ | ρ | rho | |
| Σ | σ | sigma | |
| Τ | τ | tau | |
| Υ | υ | upsilon | |
| Φ | φ | phi | |
| Χ | χ | chi | Pronounced: "kye" |
| Ψ | ψ | psi | |
| Ω | ω | omega |
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