Which Greek Letter is the Coolest? My Favorite is \xi

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What's your favorite greek letter? Writing [itex]\xi[/itex] has always been fun for me.
 
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haha would help if I knew how to create the symbol ;)

Lambda is my fav
 
[tex]\theta[/tex]
This seems to be the easiest one I can memorize. My work never requires Greek characters, that counts.
 
[itex]\xi[/itex] is beautiful. Also always liked [itex]\zeta, \sigma[/itex] and [itex]\eta[/itex]
 
those are all flashy show-off characters ... which is the opposite of "cool". Practically squares.

omicron: ...it is the same shape in both upper and lower case, and the same shape and pronounciation in a wide variety of languages.
It's relaxed, unflappable, just hangs out there, never goes out of style and nobody laughs at it or goes "wha-at?!" Not emotionally demonstrative, the omicron is relaxed enough to be a hug. A group of them together on a row is the sound of awe itself.

iota is a close second - it's the smallest character, ticks many of the same boxes as omicron ... but it's a tad self-obsessed (and gets mentioned by lots of famous people) to quite make it as "cool".

@davenn: in LaTeX, the greek characters not already in the latin charset are typeset by writing their name with a backslash in front.
So: Lambda is \Lambda or \lambda, which gets you ##\Lambda## or ##\lambda##.
 
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@davenn: in LaTeX, the greek characters not already in the latin charset are typeset by writing their name with a backslash in front.
So: Lambda is \Lambda or \lambda, which gets you ##\Lambda## or ##\lambda## .

LOL don't know how to use the LaTeX mode
 
Wrap them in '# #' tags (minus the space).
Like: '# # \LaTeX # #' = ##\LaTeX##
 
Enigman said:
Wrap them in '# #' tags (minus the space).
Like: '# # \LaTeX # #' = ##\LaTeX##

##\LaTeX##

goes and stands in the dunce's corner :(
 
It's double-hash for "inline" mode and double-dollar for "display" mode.
So inline: ##\frac{\alpha}{\omega}##; and display: $$\frac{\alpha}{\omega}$$...

gamma looks like a bus shelter
var-phi looks like a curly way to pee
... but in a while we'll have every Greek character in this thread: we all know that right?

Are we picking favorites or coolness?
It is possible for something to be cool but also unpopular - so it's important.

Usually these threads are most fun for the reasoning:

So far we have Xi because it's fun and for beauty.

lambda - no reason
(consider - ##\Lambda## is part of the chevron-earth symbol in SG-1: ##\overset{\circ}\Lambda##)

var-phi - also no reason

theta - because it is easy to memorize

omicron for coolness with a list of reasons spanning a paragraph

gamma for looking gangsta (= coolness + badness?)
 
mfb said:
Even ##\delta## can make a difference.
Infinitesimal difference :DD.
 
metapuff said:
What's your favorite greek letter? Writing [itex]\xi[/itex] has always been fun for me.
metapuff said:
What's your favorite greek letter? Writing [itex]\xi[/itex] has always been fun for me.

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The symbol for MHO (conductance, old style)
 
Psinter said:
##\rho##

is my favorite.
I hate rho. I cannot make ##\rho## for the life of me.. It always ends up being a "p".
 
DataGG said:
I hate rho. I cannot make ##\rho## for the life of me.. It always ends up being a "p".
Hihi. That's funny.