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List of commonly used math terms in astrophysics
Robert, thanks very much for the d.m. conversion formula. Your explanation makes me wonder if there is a comprehensive online-viewable list of the commonly used maths symbols and abbreviations in astrophysics. You mentioned the Gr. l.c. mu being the conventional term for distance modulus. Others I see are Greek l.c. lambda for wavelength, YSO = young stellar object, IMF = initial mass function, dSph - dwarf spheroidal galaxy. Sometimes an author defines a term early on then may not use it again for many pages. Also, I can't always readily recall what a l.c. delta or theta or phi usually represents. Wolfram Alpha sometimes defines a term as it is used in geophysics, which doesn't translate to astrophysics.
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