Template:Sigma

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This template returns the Greek letter sigma for use in mathematics. A call to this template will produce characters such as 𝜎, 𝜍 (with |var=), or 𝛴 (with |uc=).

Wiki code	Rendered result	Compared to:	which is produced by:	Note
<math>\sigma</math>	$\sigma$
{{sigma}}	𝜎	σ	''&sigma;''
{{sigma|bold=true}}	𝝈	σ	'''''&sigma;'''''
{{sigma|noitalic=true}}	σ	σ	&sigma;
{{sigma|noitalic=true|bold=true}}	𝛔	σ	'''&sigma;'''
<math>\varsigma</math>	$\varsigma$
{{sigma|var=true}}	𝜍	ς	''&varsigma;''
{{sigma|var=true|bold=true}}	𝝇	ς	'''''&varsigma;'''''
{{sigma|var=true|noitalic=true}}	ς	ς	&varsigma;
{{sigma|var=true|noitalic=true|bold=true}}	𝛓	ς	'''&varsigma;'''
<math>\Sigma</math>	$\Sigma$
{{sigma|uc=true}}	𝛴	Σ	''&Sigma;''
{{sigma|uc=true|bold=true}}	𝜮	Σ	'''''&Sigma;'''''
{{sigma|uc=true|noitalic=true}}	Σ	Σ	&Sigma;
{{sigma|uc=true|var=true}}	𝜍			Because var=true is set, the parameter uc=true is ignored.
{{sigma|uc=true|var=true|bold=true}}	𝝇
{{sigma|uc=true|var=true|noitalic=true}}	ς
{{sigma|uc=true|var=true|noitalic=true|bold=true}}	𝛓

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This template displays the Greek letter sigma for use in mathematical equations.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Uppercase	uc uppercase	Whether or not the character displayed is uppercase.	Unknown	optional
No italic	noitalic	Whether or not the character displayed is not italic.	Unknown	optional
var	var	Whether to use the variation of the character for the end of a word.	Unknown	optional
bold	bold	Whether to use the variation of the character that is bold. Note: Not every symbol has a corresponding bold character.	Unknown	optional

See also

• {{gamma}}
• {{epsilon}}
• {{varepsilon}}
• {{theta}}
• {{vartheta}}
• {{kappa}}
• {{lambda}}
• {{mu}}
• {{pi}}
• {{varsigma}}
• {{tau}}
• {{upsilon}}
• {{phi}}
• {{varphi}}
• {{Φ}}
• {{xi}}

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