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

[metapuff]

What's your favorite greek letter? Writing \xi has always been fun for me.

 

[davenn]

haha would help if I knew how to create the symbol ;)

Lambda is my fav

 

[Medicol]

\theta
This seems to be the easiest one I can memorize. My work never requires Greek characters, that counts.

 

[dipole]

\xi is beautiful. Also always liked \zeta, \sigma and \eta

 

[Simon Bridge]

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 $\lambda$.

 

[davenn]

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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

 

[Enigman]

Wrap them in '# #' tags (minus the space).
Like: '# # \LaTeX # #' = $\LaTeX$

 

[davenn]

tried a bunch of variations nothing worked

 

[davenn]

Wrap them in '# #' tags (minus the space).
Like: '# # \LaTeX # #' = $\LaTeX$

$\LaTeX$

goes and stands in the dunce's corner :(

 

[1MileCrash]

$\varphi$

 

[Mr-R]

Capital Gamma: \Gamma

Looks Gangsta.

 

[Simon Bridge]

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?)

 

[Astronuc]

I'm partial to \Xi

 

[SafiBTA]

$Δ$ is what matters to me.

 

[mfb]

$Δ$ is what matters to me.

Even $\delta$ can make a difference.

 

[SafiBTA]

Even $\delta$ can make a difference.

Infinitesimal difference .

 

[ZetaOfThree]

$\zeta$ for sure.

 

[HakimPhilo]

$\psi$ for sure.

 

[Psinter]

$\rho$

is my favorite.

 

[KL7AJ]

What's your favorite greek letter? Writing \xi has always been fun for me.

What's your favorite greek letter? Writing \xi has always been fun for me.

The symbol for MHO (conductance, old style)

 

[DataGG]

$\rho$

is my favorite.

I hate rho. I cannot make $\rho$ for the life of me.. It always ends up being a "p".

 

[Psinter]

I hate rho. I cannot make $\rho$ for the life of me.. It always ends up being a "p".

Hihi. That's funny.