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From: kenw@sybase.com (Kenneth Whistler)
To: Unicode List <unicode@unicode.org>
Cc: unicode@unicode.org, kenw@sybase.com
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 18:40:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Superscript asterisk
>
> | Also, final sigma is never used in math. Nor are digamma, koppa,
> | sampi, &c, unless you're preparing mathematical texts that use
> | ancient Greek numeration.
>
> The digamma function (represented by a lower-case digamma) is a
> standard function---see, e g, Jeffries and Jeffries, Methods of
> Mathematical Physics, Cambridge University Press. They also define the
> trigamma function, written as digamma primed.
And digamma is available in Unicode for this. It just doesn't get
cloned into the math styled Greek alphabets in the proposal for Plane 1. (Unless
someone turns up bold and/or sans serif versions of digamma in
mathematical usage with distinct semantics.)
--Ken
>
> So that rather throws your other "nevers" into doubt, doesn't it?
>
> /|
> o o o (_|/
> /|
> (_/
>
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