Math Symbol Tier List

If you're one of the mathematical symbols mentioned in this video plz don't take offense its only a joke.

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[SmileyMPV]

“Math symbol tier list”
-Doesn’t include the plus or minus symbol
-Doesn’t include the equality symbol
-Includes random Greek letters but not n
-Includes speed of light and Planck’s constant
-Wildly disrespects the brilliant infinity symbol
Tell me you’re a physicist without telling me you’re a physicist

[GMPranav]

"omega is not used very often"

Entirety of electrical engineering community crying in a corner.

[caleb.]

In my opinion, the square symbol is S-tier as it's often used to show you've just proven something mathematically. It's like the mic drop of math

[benjaminstenseng]

I got kinda triggered when lamda didnt get S... Its such a great symbol! It takes no time to write, and calculating wavelength was, imo, the most fun part of physics. And also... Eigenvalues! That being said, really enjoyed😁😊

[theimmux]

when a physicist thinks they know math literature

[joanchirinos]

This feels like a math symbol tier list for people who don’t like/know math

[wenhanzhou]

I once used "nu" and "v" in a mechanics assignment. The physics was correct but overall it wasn't enough to pass because the professor thought I messed up with the units.

[vintagegamer]

Φ is an S tier symbol in my opinion because it's often used to describe isomorphisms and homomorphisms which are fundamental in abstract algebra. σ, ω are also commonly used to denote automorphisms in Galois theory.

[nickmgls]

As a Greek I am blessed with the power to draw all these fancy symbols

[leonardofacchin]

I met the "for all" and "there exists" symbols yesterday. They were still crying in a corner for having been forgotten in this video :)

[patrickgambill]

Chi as A tier but infinity as C tier is a spicy math take.

[alexanderlomashvili]

you are dead wrong on almost everything in tier list how dare you

[benburdick]

Putting lower-case omega below upper-case omega. I'm unsubscribing, smh my head.

[MultiWilliam]

“partial derivative” symbol is also the boundary operator in topology so i think it deserves to be S-tier ://

[MiT_Mankind-in-Training]

Your reasoning behind the rankings is freaking hilarious

[DanilegoPlays]

The disrespect with delta. It's so satisfying to write. Also capital delta wasn't even there

[nahblue]

\Sigma is s-tier for sure. (Multiple reasons)

[shiina_mahiru_]

My first instinct to some of these symbols:

\chi is the character of a finite-dimensional representation of a group over a field
\Lambda is the ring of symmetric functions (or exterior power)
\lambda is (of course) eigenvalue or integer partition
\mu is (also) an integer partition
\zeta is a root of unity
\sigma is a permutation
\eta is the unit (of adjoint functors)
\epsilon is the counit (of adjoint functors)

\wp is used (almost exclusively) as the Weierstrass elliptic function (which is not in my expertise), but I reserve it as the powerset symbol when doing HW (due to the shortness of the code)

! stands for uniqueness
the square stands for QED
\times is Cartesian product (or product in any category)
g is a group element
k is a field (probably of characteristic zero, or algebraically closed)
\iota is inclusion (or injective homomorphism/function)
\pi is projection (or surjective homomorphism/function)
\partial means boundary (e.g. \partial D^2 = S^1)
\kappa is curvature (or, in algebraic geometry, the residue field associated to a local ing)
\omega is an arbitrary complex number
\int is used for (co)end (to be honest, majority of mathematicians probably don't know well about this categorical concept, myself included)

[samistheman]

The riemann zeta function is superior, you're insane

[UnknownBeast]

The zeta and Xi symbols are used a lot most prominent would be Riemann zeta function ! Xi as substitution variable or something in physics.