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Which symbol in Mathematics do you think is the most aesthetically pleasing?

I'm kinda sitting on the fence between Sigma and Zeta:

 

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Integral signs.

Not these stick thin crappy LaTeX ones:

I'm talking:



or the ones I draw :p
 

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Capital delta

Why?

1. Its triangular and 3 is my favourite number
2. Symbolises "change", a profound concept
 

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Okay, I have decided the Sigma is my favourite.

1. It is symmetrical.

2. It symbolises 'sum', and I really like sums.

3. It's sharp and definite, whereas the Zeta is all flowy and smooth and curvy and wish-wash. Not straight to the point.
 

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Okay, I have decided the Sigma is my favourite.

1. It is symmetrical.

2. It symbolises 'sum', and I really like sums.

3. It's sharp and definite, whereas the Zeta is all flowy and smooth and curvy and wish-wash. Not straight to the point.

Capital Delta has all of those except 2. and even then "change" is better than "sum"
 

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Okay, I have decided the Sigma is my favourite.

1. It is symmetrical.

2. It symbolises 'sum', and I really like sums.

3. It's sharp and definite, whereas the Zeta is all flowy and smooth and curvy and wish-wash. Not straight to the point.
Great minds think alike. I absolutely love the capital sigma, it just feels so bau5 writing it down!
 

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inb4 "how do you write your capital sigmas"
 

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Oh no, don't you start.....

And mirakon, I will fight to the death to argue that Sigma > Delta.
 

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hell no, capital delta ftw

BoS fight club

maths symbol edition gogogo
 

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Seriously I saw someone today, or yesterday, write it like a backwards "3"

I was mentally facepalming.
 

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