Unknown maths symbol

nobahar

Hello!
I was hoping someone could identify a symbol for me.
It looks like the Hebrew letter 'peh', but rotated 'around the y-axis' (I don't know how else to describe its rotation!); or perhaps like a 'fancy' G.
Does anyone know what the symbol could be?
Many thanks.

arildno

[tex]\Phi[/tex], perhaps?

or:
[tex]\Psi[/tex]????

CRGreathouse

[tex]\mathfrak{G}[/tex]?

arildno

My Hebrew isn't very good, I'm not even circumcised.
So perhaps CRGreathouse's suggestion is closer to the mark than mine.
Anyway, this should be an image of "peh":
http://www.bje.org.au/learning/hebre...bet/17peh.html

nobahar

Thanks for all the responses.
I'm familiar with the Hebrew alphabet, and I know that 'Aleph' is used in mathematics. I am also somewhat familiar with the Grrek alphabet, and I'm sure it wasn't a Greek letter. It looked like 'Peh', and so that's why I made a guess that it might be that letter. Since it doesn't seem to be used in mathematics, I think CRGreathouse's sugegstion might be it. What is that notation for?

nobahar

Thought I'd bump this thread in case someone missed an opportunity to reply. Anyone know the symbol?
I think it is something to do with a lie group, as I found through wiki. Does it denote anyhting else?

D H

Give a link so we can see what you are talking about. Otherwise you are asking us for the mind-reading symbol.

DaveC426913

Code:

 xxx   xxxx     xxxxx xxxxx x   x xxxxx x xxxxx x   x    x xxxxx
x   x  x   x      x   x      x x    x   x x      x x     x   x
x   x  xxxx       x   xxx     x     x   x xxx     x      x   x
x   x  x x        x   x      x x    x   x x       x      x   x
 xxx   x  x       x   xxxxx x   x   x   x x       x      x   x

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nobahar

Dave, that post was amusing.
I have already identified that the symbol I am talking about is the symbol CRGreathouse posted.

HallsofIvy

This one? That's a German "Fraktur" letter, basically a "G".

raam86

Is it פ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe_%28letter%29

Can you give it in context?