Ampersand Notation

String sequence Character

Description

ƒ ƒ

Latin small f with hook = function = florin

Α Α

Greek capital letter alpha

Β Β

Greek capital letter beta

Γ Γ

Greek capital letter gamma

Δ Δ

Greek capital letter delta

Ε Ε

Greek capital letter epsilon

Ζ Ζ

Greek capital letter zeta

Η Η

Greek capital letter eta

Θ Θ

Greek capital letter theta

Ι Ι

Greek capital letter iota

Κ Κ

Greek capital letter kappa

Λ Λ

Greek capital letter lambda

Μ Μ

Greek capital letter mu

Ν Ν

Greek capital letter nu

Ξ Ξ Greek capital letter xi
Ο Ο

Greek capital letter omicron

Π Π Greek capital letter pi
Ρ Ρ

Greek capital letter rho

Σ Σ

Greek capital letter sigma

Τ Τ

Greek capital letter tau

Υ Υ

Greek capital letter upsilon

Φ Φ Greek capital letter phi
Χ Χ Greek capital letter chi
Ψ Ψ

Greek capital letter psi

Ω Ω Greek capital letter omega
α α

Greek small letter alpha

β β

Greek small letter beta

γ γ

Greek small letter gamma

δ δ

Greek small letter delta

ε ε

Greek small letter epsilon

ζ ζ Greek small letter zeta
η η

Greek small letter eta

θ θ

Greek small letter theta

ι ι

Greek small letter iota

κ κ Greek small letter kappa
λ λ

Greek small letter lambda

μ μ

Greek small letter mu

ν ν Greek small letter nu
ξ ξ

Greek small letter xi

ο ο

Greek small letter omicron

π π Greek small letter pi
ρ ρ

Greek small letter rho

σ σ Greek small letter sigma
τ τ

Greek small letter tau

υ υ

Greek small letter upsilon

φ φ

Greek small letter phi

χ χ

Greek small letter chi

ψ ψ

Greek small letter psi

ω ω

Greek small letter omega

ϑ ϑ

Greek small letter theta symbol

ϒ ϒ

Greek upsilon with hook symbol

ϖ ϖ

Greek pi symbol

ς ς

Greek small letter final sigma

• •

bullet = black small circle

… …

horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader

′ ′

prime = minutes = feet

″ ″

double prime = seconds = inches

‾ ‾

overline = spacing overscore

⁄ ⁄

fraction slash

℘ ℘

script capital P = power set = Weierstrass p

ℑ ℑ

blackletter capital I = imaginary part

ℜ ℜ

blackletter capital R = real part symbol

™ ™

trade mark sign

ℵ ℵ

alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal

← ←

leftwards arrow

↑ ↑

upwards arrow

→ →

rightwards arrow

↓ ↓

downwards arrow

↔ ↔

left right arrow

↵ ↵

downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return

⇐ ⇐

leftwards double arrow

⇑ ⇑

upwards double arrow

⇒ ⇒

rightwards double arrow

⇓ ⇓

downwards double arrow

⇔ ⇔

left right double arrow

∀ ∀

for all

∂ ∂

partial differential

∃ ∃

there exists

∅ ∅

empty set = null set = diameter

∇ ∇

nabla = backward difference

∈ ∈

element of

∉ ∉

not an element of

∋ ∋

contains as member

∏ ∏

n-ary product = product sign

∑ ∑

n-ary sumation

− −

minus sign

∗ ∗

asterisk operator

√ √

square root = radical sign

∝ ∝

proportional to

∞ ∞

infinity

∠ ∠

angle

∧ ∧

logical and = wedge

∨ ∨

logical or = vee

∩ ∩

intersection = cap

∪ ∪

union = cup

∫ ∫

integral

∴ ∴

therefore

∼ ∼

tilde operator = varies with = similar to

≅ ≅

approximately equal to

≈ ≈

almost equal to = asymptotic to

≠ ≠

not equal to

≡ ≡

identical to

≤ ≤

less-than or equal to

≥ ≥

greater-than or equal to

⊂ ⊂

subset of

⊃ ⊃

superset of

⊄ ⊄

not a subset of

⊆ ⊆

subset of or equal to

⊇ ⊇

superset of or equal to

⊕ ⊕

circled plus = direct sum

⊗ ⊗

circled times = vector product

⊥ ⊥

up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular

⋅ ⋅

dot operator

⌈

left ceiling = APL upstile

⌉

right ceiling

⌊

left floor = APL downstile

⌋

right floor

⟨

left-pointing angle bracket = bra

⟩

right-pointing angle bracket = ket

◊ ◊

lozenge

♠ ♠

black spade suit

♣ ♣

black club suit = shamrock

♥ ♥

black heart suit = valentine

♦ ♦

black diamond suit