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Typing Greek Symbols in Maple

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To enter Greek symbols into in your Maple document, use the Greek palette. This works in both Text mode and Math mode.

  

For details on palettes in Maple, see worksheet/expressions/palettes.

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In math mode, you can also enter Greek symbols using Command and Symbol Completion.  See worksheet/expressions/completecommand for more information.

Using the SYMBOL Font in Plot Commands

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To use Greek letters in a plot command, for instance to label the axes, set the appropriate font option to SYMBOL.  Then, when you enter a letter, the corresponding Greek letter is used.  For example, enter "r" for "rho", and ρ is displayed.

  

The following is a list of corresponding Greek symbols.

Type

Symbol Name

Symbol

a

alpha

α

b

beta

β

c

chi

χ

d

delta

δ

e

varepsilon

ϵ

f

phi

φ

g

gamma

γ

h

eta

η

i

iota

ι

j

varphi

ϕ

k

kappa

κ

l

lambda

λ

m

mu

μ

n

nu

ν

o

omicron

ο

p

pi

π

q

theta

θ

r

rho

ρ

s

sigma

σ

t

tau

τ

u

upsilon

υ

v

varpi

ϖ

w

omega

ω

x

xi

ξ

y

psi

ψ

z

zeta

ζ

A

Alpha

Α

B

Beta

Β

C

Chi

Χ

D

Delta

Δ

E

Epsilon

Ε

F

Phi

Φ

G

Gamma

Γ

H

Eta

Η

I

Iota

Ι

J

vartheta

ϑ

K

Kappa

Κ

L

Lambda

Λ

M

Mu

Μ

N

Nu

Ν

O

Omicron

Ο

P

Pi

Π

Q

Theta

Θ

R

Rho

Ρ

S

Sigma

Σ

T

Tau

Τ

U

Upsilon

ϒ

V

varsigma

ς

W

Omega

Ω

X

Xi

Ξ

Y

Psi

Ψ

Z

Zeta

Ζ

  

In this example, we set the label font for the plot to SYMBOL and label the axes ρ and Ψρ.

plot(sin(r), r=0..3, labels=["r", "Y(r)"], labelfont=[SYMBOL]);

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You can also use typeset math in a plot command to enter 2-D math, including Greek symbols, anywhere in a plot where text is allowed.  See plot/typesetting for details.

See Also

Greek

plot/options

plot/typesetting

plot3d/options

worksheet/expressions/completecommand

worksheet/expressions/palettes