[texhax] Macro for Greek letter final sigma

[Fernando Gouvea]

The other point to make is that the Greek letters in basic TeX are 
intended for mathematics, not for typesetting Greek. From a mathematics 
point of view, one doesn't want to use a capital alpha as a symbol, as 
it's too similar to A. There are packages on CTAN that are designed to 
typeset Greek, and those come with full Greek fonts.

Fernando

On 9/27/2011 10:40 PM, Robert Wilson wrote:
> I think the rationale for not having capital alpha and beta is that
> they look like capital A and B, respectively. Same with mu, nu, etc.
>
> -Bob
>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Paul Stanley
> <paulrichardstanley at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Thanks v much.
>> http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki/index.php/LaTeX:Symbols
>> is there a reason for not having a capital alpha and beta?
>> Cheers
>> Paul
>>
>> At 02:12 28/09/2011, you wrote:
>>> Do you mean \varsigma?
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Bob
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Paul Stanley
>>> <paulrichardstanley at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>> Does anyone know the macro for the Greek letter final sigma?
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> Paul
>>>>
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