• Digamma or wau (uppercase: Ϝ, lowercase: ϝ, numeral: ϛ) is an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet. It originally stood for the sound /w/ but it has remained...
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    In mathematics, the digamma function is defined as the logarithmic derivative of the gamma function: ψ ( z ) = d d z ln ⁡ Γ ( z ) = Γ ′ ( z ) Γ ( z )...
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    F
    ultimately descended from digamma and closely resembles it in form. After sound changes eliminated /w/ from spoken Greek, digamma was used only as a numeral...
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    functional values of the classic eta versus epsilon system. The letter Digamma (Ϝ) for the sound /w/ was generally used only in those local scripts where...
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  • symbols in mathematics, in particular for ε/ϵ and π/ϖ. The archaic letter digamma (Ϝ/ϝ/ϛ) is sometimes used. The Bayer designation naming scheme for stars...
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    The hypothetical particle was denoted by the Greek letter Ϝ (pronounced digamma) in the scientific literature, owing to the decay channel in which the...
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    should not be confused with the "open O" letter. (Ɔ) Ⅎ, a turned F or digamma (digamma inversum) to be used instead of the letter V when denoting the consonantal...
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    U
    from the Phoenician waw. The letter was adapted, but split in two, with Digamma or wau ⟨Ϝ⟩ being adapted to represent [w], and the second one being Upsilon...
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    ^{(0)}(z)=\psi (z)={\frac {\Gamma '(z)}{\Gamma (z)}}} holds where ψ(z) is the digamma function and Γ(z) is the gamma function. They are holomorphic on C ∖ Z...
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    of its Phoenician values, but with different forms: as the Greek letter digamma for the consonant [w], and as the letter upsilon for the vowel [u]. Upsilon...
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    languages in the 1920s and 1930s. It is not to be confused with the turned digamma ⟨Ⅎ ⅎ⟩ or with turned f ⟨ɟ⟩. Epitaph of Fuscus at Arrien-en-Bethmale (Ariège)...
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    to denote the unrelated letter waw (/w/) in Pamphylia (the "Pamphylian digamma") and was also the form of beta (/b/) used in Melos. The Ionian letter...
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  • The shape of the rune is likely based on Etruscan v ⟨𐌅⟩ ⟨⟩, like Greek Digamma ⟨Ϝ⟩ and Latin ⟨F⟩ ultimately from Phoenician waw ⟨⟩.[citation needed] The...
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  • alphabet were used with the addition of three archaic or local letters: digamma/wau (Ϝ, , originally denoting the sound /w/) for "6", koppa (Ϙ, originally...
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  • epsilon). A doublet of waw was also borrowed as a consonant for [w] (Ϝ, digamma). In addition, the Phoenician letter for the emphatic glottal /ħ/ (heth)...
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  • not been dropped from the Athenian alphabet (although kept for numbers): digamma, koppa, and sampi. The position of those characters within the numbering...
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    Ϝ Digamma Ͱ Heta Ϻ San Ϙ Koppa Ͷ Tsan Digamma Ͳ Sampi...
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  • Ϝ Digamma Ͱ Heta Ϻ San Ϙ Koppa Ͷ Tsan Digamma Ͳ Sampi...
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  • "P", or a "5" turned upside down. As with the numeral usage of stigma (digamma) and Sampi, modern typographical practice normally does not observe a contrast...
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  • Ϝ Digamma Ͱ Heta Ϻ San Ϙ Koppa Ͷ Tsan Digamma Ͳ Sampi...
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  • so the 24-letter alphabet was extended by using three obsolete letters: digamma ϝ (also used are stigma ϛ or, in modern Greek, στ) for 6, qoppa ϙ for 90...
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  • was originally καλϝὸν, and the digamma was still felt enough to lengthen the syllable by position. Since the digamma was being lost during the time when...
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    Ϝ Digamma Ͱ Heta Ϻ San Ϙ Koppa Ͷ Tsan Digamma Ͳ Sampi...
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    employed digamma inconsistently, sometimes allowing it to affect syllable length and meter, sometimes not. The ratio of observance/neglect of digamma varies...
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    in the Laconian dialect of ancient Greek spell her name with an initial digamma (Ϝ, probably pronounced like a w), which rules out any etymology originally...
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  • ζ (zeta) but the number 6 was represented a revived ancient letter ′ϝ (digamma), followed by ′ζ which was pushed up from 6th to its ancient position (7th)...
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  • 6. In this unrelated function, it is a continuation of the old letter digamma (originally Ϝ, cursive form ), which had served as a numeral since antiquity...
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  • initialized by plaintext (XORed with w0). In each round of ϝ {\displaystyle \digamma } , the state is transformed via operations τ , M , S {\displaystyle \tau...
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  • original Koine Greek use the symbols χξϛ chi xi stigma (or χξϝ with a digamma), while other manuscripts spell out the number in words. In modern popular...
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    The earliest attested form is Aḯdēs (Ἀΐδης), which lacks the proposed digamma. Martin Litchfield West argues instead for an original meaning of "the...
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