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Some uppercase greek symbols are not recognized #336

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murpholinox opened this issue Jan 16, 2018 · 3 comments
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Some uppercase greek symbols are not recognized #336

murpholinox opened this issue Jan 16, 2018 · 3 comments
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@murpholinox
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For example this

\[
 \Epsilon \epsilon \Alpha \alpha \Beta \beta \Gamma \gamma \Omega \omega
\]

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@lierdakil
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LaTeX doesn't define all of the uppercase Greek letters, because those would look exactly like Latin:

For reference,

No special math mode symbols:

  • o ⇒ O

Only lowercase mathmode symbols:

  • α \alpha ⇒ A
  • β \beta ⇒ B
  • ε \epsilon ⇒ E
  • ζ \zeta ⇒ Z
  • η \eta ⇒ H
  • ι \iota ⇒ I
  • κ \kappa ⇒ K
  • μ \mu ⇒ M
  • ν \nu ⇒ N
  • ρ \rho ⇒ P
  • τ \tau ⇒ T
  • χ \chi ⇒ X

Lowercase and uppercase mathmode symbols:

  • γ \gamma ⇒ Γ \Gamma
  • δ \delta ⇒ Δ \Delta
  • θ \theta ⇒ Θ \Theta
  • λ \lambda ⇒ Λ \Lambda
  • ξ \xi ⇒ Ξ \Xi
  • π \pi ⇒ Π \Pi
  • σ \sigma ⇒ Σ \Sigma
  • υ \upsilon ⇒ Υ \Upsilon (depending on the font, it's less like Y, e.g. picture of rendered mathmode Upsilon)
  • φ \phi ⇒ Φ \Phi
  • ψ \psi ⇒ Ψ \Psi
  • ω \omega ⇒ Ω \Omega

Define the commands yourself if you need to:

\newcommand\Alpha{\mathrm{A}}
\newcommand\Beta{\mathrm{B}}
\newcommand\Epsilon{\mathrm{E}}
\newcommand\Zeta{\mathrm{Z}}
\newcommand\Eta{\mathrm{H}}
\newcommand\Iota{\mathrm{I}}
\newcommand\Kappa{\mathrm{K}}
\newcommand\Mu{\mathrm{M}}
\newcommand\Nu{\mathrm{N}}
\newcommand\Rho{\mathrm{P}}
\newcommand\Tau{\mathrm{T}}
\newcommand\Chi{\mathrm{X}}

See docs on global macro definitions

Alpha: "\\mathrm{A}"
Beta: "\\mathrm{B}"
Epsilon: "\\mathrm{E}"
Zeta: "\\mathrm{Z}"
Eta: "\\mathrm{H}"
Iota: "\\mathrm{I}"
Kappa: "\\mathrm{K}"
Mu: "\\mathrm{M}"
Nu: "\\mathrm{N}"
Rho: "\\mathrm{P}"
Tau: "\\mathrm{T}"
Chi: "\\mathrm{X}"

@murpholinox
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You are right! I am so dumb!
As an excuse I can say that I have not slept much

@lierdakil
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Happens to all of us. No harm done.

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