Convention for the symbol of Dielectric Constant

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I have come across the dielectric constant represented by two variants of epsilon. Is there any convention behind the two variants such that:
[itex]\varepsilon[/itex] is the SI Dielectric Constant
[itex]\epsilon[/itex] is the CGS Dielectric Constant
or does it really depend on the writer and how frisky they feel?
 
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There is no famous convention but people can use such a thing as long as they state what they mean by each explicitly. So if nothing is said about such a convention being used, then there is nothing behind it.(Of course assuming a reasonable author!)