Symbols That Represent Me

Introduction to symbols that represent me:

There are numerous mathematical symbols that can be used in mathematics mode. This is a listing of common symbols found within all branches of Mathematics.

SYMBOL		REPRESENTS
Symbol	=	Represents	Is equal to
Symbol	+	Represents	Plus or Addition
Symbol	-	Represents	Minus or subtraction
Symbol	/	Represents	Division
Symbol	X or *	Represents	Multiplication
Symbol	≠	Represents the	Inequality
Symbol	< and >	Represents the	“Is less than” and “is greater than”
Symbol	≤ and ≥	Represents the	“Is less than or equal to” and “is greater than or equal to”
Symbol	є	Represents the	Is an element of
Symbol	∑	Represents the	summation
Symbol	α	Represents the	Alpha
Symbol	β	Represents the	Beta
Symbol	γ	Represents the	Gamma
Symbol	δ	Represents the	Delta
Symbol	ζ	Represents the	Zeta
Symbol	η	Represents the	Eta
Symbol	θ	Represents the	Theta
Symbol	λ	Represents the	Lamda or Lambda
Symbol	μ	Represents the	Mu
Symbol	π	Represents the	Pi
Symbol	σ	Represents the	Sigma
Symbol	φ	Represents the	Phi
Symbol	χ	Represents the	Chi
Symbol	ω	Represents the	Omega
Symbol	#	Represents the	Number  Sign
Symbol	±	Represents the	Plus Minus
Symbol	Ω	Represents the	Omega
Symbol	ι	Represents the	Iota
Symbol	℮	Represents the	Estimate sign
Symbol	√	Represents the	Square Root
Symbol	∞	Represents the	Infinity
Symbol	∫	Represents the	Integral
Symbol	≈	Represents the	Almost equal to
Symbol	∂	Represents the	Partial differential
Symbol	∆	Represents the	Increment
Symbol	w.r.t	Represents the	With respect to
Symbol	log	Represents the	Logarithm
Symbol	!	Represents the	Factorial
Symbol	%	Represents the	Percentage

History for symbols that represent me

A very elongated form of the modern equality symbol (=) was first introduced in print in The Whetstone of Witte (1557) by Robert Recorde (1510-1558) the man who first introduced algebra into England.  He justified the symbol by stating that no two things can be more equal than a pair of parallel lines...

The infinity symbol was first given its current mathematical meaning in "Arithmetica Infinitorum" (1655) by the British mathematician John Wallis (1616-1703).

Symbols that represent me : Further history

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) viewed integration as a generalized summation, and he was partial to the name "calculus summatorius" for what we now call [integral] calculus.  He eventually settled on the familiar elongated ‘s’  for the sign of integration, after discussing the matter with Jacob Bernoulli (1654-1705) who favored the name "calculus integralis" and the symbol  I  for integrals...  Eventually, what prevailed was the symbol of Leibniz, with the name advocated by Bernoulli...