Re: OT: what comes before alpha?
- From: Hendrik Maryns <hendrik_maryns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:14:49 +0100
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phaccount@xxxxxxxxxxxx schreef:
> Dear group readers,
>
> This is definitely not a *TeX question, but may resonate with some of
> you, as it deals with mathematics and greek characters. But it also
> does not deal with mathematics and greek characters.
>
> Out there in the real world, where things are manufactured, a research
> and development program goes through the alpha and beta stages before
> becoming a product. The alpha stage is the "proof-of-principle" stage,
> where a new idea is tested, and hopefully works as advertised. The
> beta stage is the prototype stage, where something that looks like the
> final product is made, and tested. And after the beta stage comes the
> product.
>
> Here at the local facility, I am writing a document (in LaTeX, no less)
> that deals with improving the R&D process as we go from concept, to
> alpha, beta, to product.
>
> For alpha and beta, I will use the greek characters. For the product,
> I was thinking of the infinity symbol. But what about the concept
> stage? Are there symbols from math set theory, or other fields, that
> would serve?
>
> I realize that this is carrying things just a bit too far, but still, I
> am curious.
How about \bot?
H.
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