Symbols:Greek/Mu
Mu
The $12$th letter of the Greek alphabet.
- Minuscule: $\mu$
- Majuscule: $\Mu$
The $\LaTeX$ code for \(\mu\) is \mu
.
The $\LaTeX$ code for \(\Mu\) is \Mu
.
micro-
- $\mu$
The Système Internationale d'Unités symbol for the metric scaling prefix micro, denoting $10^{\, -6}$, is $\mu$.
Micron
- $\mu$
Before $1967$, the micrometre $\mu \mathrm m$ was called the micron.
Its symbol was $\mu$.
Its $\LaTeX$ code is \mu
.
Expectation
- $\mu$
Often used to denote the expectation of a given random variable.
Linear Density
- $\mu$
Used to denote the linear density of a given one-dimensional body:
- $\mu = \dfrac m l$
where:
Poisson Distribution
- $\mu$
Used as an alternative to $\lambda$ to denote the parameter of a given Poisson distribution.
Moment of Discrete Random Variable
- $\mu'_n$
Let $X$ be a discrete random variable.
Then the $n$th moment of $X$ is denoted $\mu'_n$ and defined as:
- $\mu'_n = \expect {X^n}$
where $\expect {\, \cdot \,}$ denotes the expectation function.
The $\LaTeX$ code for \(\mu'_n\) is \mu'_n
.
Micrometre
- $\mu \mathrm m$
The symbol for the micrometre is $\mu \mathrm m$.
Its $\LaTeX$ code is \mu \mathrm m
.
Sources
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next)