Capital Gamma
Γ
Type it
| Unicode | U+0393 | |
|---|---|---|
| LaTeX | \Gamma | |
| HTML entity | Γ | |
| Character | Γ |
Meaning
The uppercase third letter of the Greek alphabet. It names the gamma function, which extends the factorial, and often stands for a set of assumptions or a group. Compare with Gamma and Factorial.
How to read it
Γ(n) = (n − 1)!
is read “gamma of n equals n minus one factorial”.