## some_someone Group Title What does the symbol µ mean? one year ago one year ago

1. some_someone Group Title

$\mu$

2. some_someone Group Title

$\mu$

3. johnweldon1993 Group Title

in which context? it can mean the mean of numbers....known as "mew"

4. abb0t Group Title

It could mean a lot of things. In inorganic chemistry, the symbol, mu, is used in nomenclature to show that there is a bridging molecule with the metal center.

5. some_someone Group Title

just like in math, and maybe other topics?

6. kropot72 Group Title

In statistics mu represents the Population mean.

7. nincompoop Group Title

begin with this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-

8. Xavier Group Title

In statistics mu means population mean

9. geerky42 Group Title

In physics, it often represents as coefficient of friction. It has many meanings, depending on context.

10. nincompoop Group Title

and this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(letter)

11. geerky42 Group Title

Yes, researching would be a good start.

12. abb0t Group Title

In physics, it represents linear density for 1D objects. In pharmacology it represents an opiate receptor. In software, it represents applications such as uTorrent... In ordinary differential equations, it also represents the integrating factor. And In thermochemistry, it represents chemical potential.

13. Xavier Group Title

Wow kropot totally didn't see your response

14. some_someone Group Title

Is there an approximate value?

15. Xavier Group Title

The use of it as the integrating factor in ODEs doesnt seem commonplace enough for that.

16. some_someone Group Title

@Jezebel493 can I PM you something?

17. Xavier Group Title

It also represent the value of the Ramanujan–Soldner constant $\mu \approx 1.451$

18. some_someone Group Title

So its a different meaning for a different concept, right? Also isn't it also like in the Greek Alphabet?

19. Xavier Group Title

Yup it's a greek letter. Different meaning in different context