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From: Shay
Subject: What is the name of this mathematical symbol?
Date: 9 Apr 2002 11:31:46
Message: <3cb30962$1@news.povray.org>
I'm not sure if this is off topic or not, but any help would be appreciated.

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Thank you,
 -Shay


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From: Tom Melly
Subject: Re: What is the name of this mathematical symbol?
Date: 9 Apr 2002 11:36:32
Message: <3cb30a80@news.povray.org>
"Shay" <sah### [at] simcopartscom> wrote in message news:3cb30962$1@news.povray.org...
> I'm not sure if this is off topic or not, but any help would be appreciated.
>
> __________
> \
>  \
>   \
>    \
>    /
>   /
>  /
> /_________
>
> Thank you,
>  -Shay
>

Sum? (well, that's what it does in Excel) - iirc it's called sigma.


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From: Florian Pesth
Subject: Re: What is the name of this mathematical symbol?
Date: 9 Apr 2002 11:38:24
Message: <3cb30af0@news.povray.org>
> __________
> \
>  \
>   \
>    \
>    /
>   /
>  /
> /_________
Big Sigma

Florian


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From: Florian Pesth
Subject: Re: What is the name of this mathematical symbol?
Date: 9 Apr 2002 11:40:13
Message: <3cb30b5d@news.povray.org>
> Sum? (well, that's what it does in Excel) - iirc it's called sigma.
;-) not only in Excel


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From: Tom Melly
Subject: Re: What is the name of this mathematical symbol?
Date: 9 Apr 2002 11:41:15
Message: <3cb30b9b$1@news.povray.org>
"Florian Pesth" <fpe### [at] webde> wrote in message
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> > Sum? (well, that's what it does in Excel) - iirc it's called sigma.
> ;-) not only in Excel

Newsflash - MS fail to break standard....


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From: Florian Pesth
Subject: Re: What is the name of this mathematical symbol?
Date: 9 Apr 2002 11:42:55
Message: <3cb30bff@news.povray.org>
> > Sum? (well, that's what it does in Excel) - iirc it's called sigma.
> ;-) not only in Excel
Oh, btw for a product you use a big pi:

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From: Florian Pesth
Subject: Re: What is the name of this mathematical symbol?
Date: 9 Apr 2002 11:45:26
Message: <3cb30c96$1@news.povray.org>
> Newsflash - MS fail to break standard....
:) MS didn't invent mathematics.


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From: Shay
Subject: Re: What is the name of this mathematical symbol?
Date: 9 Apr 2002 12:20:12
Message: <3cb314bc@news.povray.org>
Thanks for the help, guys. What does it mean when it has numbers above and
or below it?

Shay <sah### [at] simcopartscom> wrote in message
news:3cb30962$1@news.povray.org...


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From: Florian Pesth
Subject: Re: What is the name of this mathematical symbol?
Date: 9 Apr 2002 12:28:16
Message: <3cb316a0@news.povray.org>
> Thanks for the help, guys. What does it mean when it has numbers above and
> or below it?
This are the limits of the running index.
Example:
     5
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   \       i  = 1+2+3+4+5 = 15
   /
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/_________
    i=1

Best regards,
Florian


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From: Tom Melly
Subject: Re: What is the name of this mathematical symbol?
Date: 9 Apr 2002 12:29:04
Message: <3cb316d0$1@news.povray.org>
"Shay" <sah### [at] simcopartscom> wrote in message news:3cb314bc@news.povray.org...
> Thanks for the help, guys. What does it mean when it has numbers above and
> or below it?
>
> Shay <sah### [at] simcopartscom> wrote in message
> news:3cb30962$1@news.povray.org...
>

Add a series of numbers....

iirc

1
(theta) A
50

means the sum of A[1] to A[50]

Try: http://www.karlscalculus.org/notation.html


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