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Title: Ø Spelling
Post by: hismajesty on June 09, 2004, 05:42 PM
That was the closest character I could find. How is (-) spelled? I asked my math teacher and she didn't know. I was assuming 'Thata' but wasn't sure. :)
Title: Re:Ø Spelling
Post by: Adron on June 09, 2004, 05:55 PM
Theta perhaps? Not sure which character you're after...

http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/greek/index.asp (http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/greek/index.asp)
Title: Re:Ø Spelling
Post by: j0k3r on June 09, 2004, 05:57 PM
Quote from: hismajesty[yL] on June 09, 2004, 05:42 PM
That was the closest character I could find. How is (-) spelled? I asked my math teacher and she didn't know. I was assuming 'Thata' but wasn't sure. :)
It's Theta, eight letter of the greek alphabet, used to represent unknown angles.
Title: Re:Ø Spelling
Post by: Yoni on June 09, 2004, 06:58 PM
You should have looked at the "Useful Links" thread (sticky thread on the top of this forum).

Quote from: Yoni on November 24, 2003, 02:28 PM
http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/grk101/writing_guide/writing_guide.html
Found this in my Favorites - a guide for writing Greek letters.
Greek letters are very often used in mathematics, which makes this a useful link here.
Pretty neat, I guess.

Edit: Ack! The link is now broken.
A Google search reveals a working URL.

http://mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu/wescourses/2000f/grk101/01/draft/writing_guide/writing_guide.html
Title: Re:Ø Spelling
Post by: hismajesty on June 10, 2004, 08:30 PM
Thanks. :)