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Q: Why do mathematicians use greek letters?
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What did Euclid and Eratosthenes have in common?

Both were mathematicians


Why do people use Greek symbols in math?

They use Greek symbols in math since Greek mathematicians invented math.


What are the weird letters in math?

There are no weird letters in maths. Greek mathematicians were responsible for a significant amount of the early mathematical work and they, naturally used Greek letters. Many of these letters are still used today. Just because you are not familiar with characters in the Greek alphabet does not make them "weird letters".


Is math Greek?

I am not sure what you want to know, but surely math is not just Greek. The ancient Greeks made great and fundamental contributions to math , particularly in Geometry and there are modern Greek mathematicians , but the field has expanded exponentially since the heyday of the Greek geometers -excellent mathematicians are now found all over the world. Mathematicians often used Greek letters, but this is only a notational convenience- has nothing to do with the Greek language.


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It was a cool looking greek letter.


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Mathematicians frequently use the Greek alphabet.


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