Greek Symbols in Maxima



If you are using wxMaxima then put a % in front of the Greek variable 
name.  For example, %alpha will display a Greek character alpha in the 
output.

I don't think you can do subscripting with this; anyone correct me if 
I'm wrong?

-Ron

josephmishawaka at gmail.com wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I am very new to Maxima.  I was trying to get Maxima output stuff like
> "alpha," "beta," etc in their greek forms.  But I can't seem to get
> Maxima to do this.  Instead, Maxima output appears as
>
> y = alpha*beta
>
> Sincemy equations get very complex pretty soon, it would help if
> Maxima can output in greek alphabets.
>
> How can I get Maxima to do this?
>
> Thank you all very much!
> Joseph
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