Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Alogrithms: 28 Greek Letters and Their Names



When you are working with mathematics, physics and algorithms, we deal with a lot of Greek letters.
There are 24 Letters of the Greek Alphabet.

Name
Capital  letters
Small letters
Pronunciation
Alpha
Α
α
AL-phuh
Beta
Β
β
BAY-tuh
gamma
Γ
γ
GAMM-muh
delta
Δ
δ
DELL-tuh
epsilon
Ε
ε
EPP-sih-lonn
zeta
Ζ
ζ
ZAY-tuh
eta
Η
η
AY-tuh
theta
Θ
θ
THAY-tuh
iota
Ι
ι
ee-OH-tuh
kappa
Κ
κ
CAPP-uh
lambda
Λ
λ
LAMM-duh
mu
Μ
μ
myoo
nu
Ν
ν
noo
xi
Ξ
ξ
ksee
omicron
Ο
ο
OH-mih-kronn
pi
Π
π
piy (Like apple "pie".)
rho
Ρ
ρ
roh (Like "row, row,
row your boat".)
sigma
Σ
σ /ς
SIGG-muh
tau
Τ
τ
tow (like the first syllable of "towel")
upsilon
Υ
υ
OOPS-ih-lonn
phi
Φ
φ
fiy (Like "fee, fie,
fo, fum")
chi
Χ
χ
kiy
psi
Ψ
ψ
psiy
omega
Ω
ω
oh-MAY-guh

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