Stat 401, Introduction to Probability Handout-02, August 30, 2006

Mathematical Symbol Table

Greek Hebrew Boldface Sans Serif Blackboard Script Gothic
Name small Capital Name a A a A A A a A
Alpha A Aleph b B b B B B b B
Beta B Beth  c C c C C C c C
Gamma Gimmel d D d D D D d D
Delta Daleth  e E e E E E e E
Epsilon  or E f F f F F F f F
Zeta Z g G g G G G g G
Eta H h H h H H H h H
Theta or i I i I I I i I
Iota I j J j J J J j J
Kappa K k K k K K K k K
Lambda l L l L L L l L
Mu M m M m M M M m M
Nu N Nabla n N n N N N n N
Xi p P p P P P p P
Omicron o O q Q q Q Q Q q Q
Pi or  r R r R R R r R
Rho or  P s S s S S S s S
Sigma or t T t T T T t T
Tau T u U u U U U u U
Upsilon v V v V V V v V
Phi or w W w W W W w W
Chi X x X x X X X x X
Psi y Y y Y Y Y y Y
Omega z Z z Z Z Z z Z
Logic Functions
x for all x... f : XY f is a function from X to Y
x there exists an x such that... f : X  x y Y f is a function from X to Y
! x there exists a unique x such that... mapping element x to element y
 x there does not exist any x... f : X  Y X Y, and f is the identity map,
A = B if A, then B, or, A implies B taking x X to x Y
A = B if B, then A, or, B implies A f :XY f is an injective function from X to Y
A B A if and only if B, or, f :XY f is a surjective function from X to Y
A is equivalent to B Id The identity map: Id(x) = x for all x.
TFAE The Following Are Equivalent... 11 The constant unity: 11(x) = 1 for all x.
2 Q.E.D. End of Proof. f 1 {y} {x X ; f (x) = y}; the bre over y

or 

 Contradiction. or preimage of y (where f : XY)
Set Theory
AB A is a subset of B AB A is a subset of B, and possibly A = B.
ie. if a A, then a B also.
AB The disjoint union: A  B = A B, AB The Cartesian product of A and B:
with the assertion that A B = . A B = {(a, b) ; a A & b B}



An A1 A 2 A 3 . . . An A1 A 2 A 3 . . .
n=1 n=1
 
An A1  A 2  A 3  . . . An A1 A 2 A 3 . . .
n=1 n=1
A\B The dierence of A from B: AB The symmetric dierence:
A \ B = {a A ; a
 B} AB = (A \ B)  (B \ A)

Source: http://xaravve.trentu.ca/mascot/handbook/SEC_symbols.pdf