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…from ThermoWiki, an online resource for thermodynamics located at www.thermowiki.org; Site Revision #1272; 19 November 2008.

The following is an excerpt from a larger table contained in the book by Danny Goodman ^[1]. Note that all HTML special characters begin with an ampersand (&) and terminate with a semicolon (;).

Contents 1 Greek Alphabet 2 Relational Markers 3 Operators 4 Misc Symbols 5 Reference

Greek Alphabet

Character	Description	HTML Coding		Character	Description	HTML Coding
Α	Capital letter alpha	Α		α	Small letter alpha	α
Β	Capital letter beta	Β		β	Small letter beta	β
Γ	Capital letter gamma	Γ		γ	Small letter gamma	γ
Δ	Capital letter delta	Δ		δ	Small letter delta	δ
Ε	Capital letter epsilon	Ε		ε	Small letter epsilon	ε
Ζ	Capital letter zeta	Ζ		ζ	Small letter zeta	ζ
Η	Capital letter eta	Η		η	Small letter eta	η
Θ	Capital letter theta	Θ		θ	Small letter theta	θ
Ι	Capital letter iota	Ι		ι	Small letter iota	ι
Κ	Capital letter kappa	Κ		κ	Small letter kappa	κ
Λ	Capital letter lambda	Λ		λ	Small letter lambda	λ
Μ	Capital letter mu	Μ		μ	Small letter mu	μ
Ν	Capital letter nu	Ν		ν	Small letter nu	ν
Ξ	Capital letter xi	Ξ		ξ	Small letter xi	ξ
Ο	Capital letter omicron	Ο		ο	Small letter omicron	ο
Π	Capital letter pi	Π		π	Small letter pi	π
Ρ	Capital letter rho	Ρ		ρ	Small letter rho	ρ
Σ	Capital letter sigma	Σ		σ	Small letter sigma	σ
Τ	Capital letter tau	Τ		τ	Small letter tau	τ
Υ	Capital letter upsilon	Υ		υ	Small letter upsilon	υ
Φ	Capital letter phi	Φ		φ	Small letter phi	φ
Χ	Capital letter chi	Χ		χ	Small letter chi	χ
Ψ	Capital letter psi	Ψ		ψ	Small letter psi	ψ
Ω	Capital letter omega	Ω		ω	Small letter omega	ω

Relational Markers

Character	Description	HTML Coding		Character	Description	HTML Coding
≡	Identical to	≡		∝	Proportional to	∝
≈	Almost equal to	≈		≅	Approximately equal to	≅
<	Less than	&lt;		≤	Less than or equal to	&le;
>	Greater than	&gt;		≥	Greater than or equal to	&ge;
∈	Element of	&isin;		∉	Not an element of	&notin;
≠	Not equal to	&ne;

Operators

Character	Description	HTML Coding		Character	Description	HTML Coding
−	Minus sign	−		–	En dash	–
×	Multiplication sign	×		⋅	Dot operator	⋅
÷	Division sign	÷		⁄	Fraction slash	⁄
∧	Logical and	∧		∼	Tilde	∼
∂	Partial differential	∂		∫	Integral	∫
√	Square root	√		∇	Nabla	∇
∑	N-ary summation	∑		∏	N-ary product	∏
±	Plus or minus	±

Misc Symbols

Character	Description	HTML Coding		Character	Description	HTML Coding
°	Degree sign	°		∞	Infinity	∞
′	Prime	′		″	Double prime	″
²	Superscript two	²		³	Superscript three	³
⟨	Bra	⟨		⟩	Ket	⟩
‾	Overline	‾		¯	Macron (short overline)	¯
¼	One-fourth	¼		½	One-half	½
∃	There exists	&exists;		∀	For all	∀
∴	Therefore	∴		§	Section	§
	Thin space	 		◊	Lozenge	◊
©	Copyright sign	©		…	Horizontal ellipsis	…

Reference

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