Weierstrass p

script capital P (U+2118), mathematical symbol for the Weierstrass elliptic function; the name in English of this character in the UCS standards is erroneous, this symbol actually has the form of a lowercase calligraphic p
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Weierstrass p

Summary

Weierstrass p is an Unicode character[1]. It draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (unicode_character category, ranking #90 of 359).[2]

Key Facts

  • Weierstrass p's image is recorded as U+2118.svg[3].
  • Weierstrass p's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[4].
  • Weierstrass p's instance of is recorded as mathematical symbol[5].
  • Karl Weierstraß is named after Weierstrass p[6].
  • Weierstrass p's Commons category is recorded as Weierstrass p[7].
  • Weierstrass p's Unicode character is recorded as ℘[8].
  • Weierstrass p's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03hfzlp[9].
  • Weierstrass p's TeX string is recorded as \wp[10].
  • Weierstrass p's Unicode code point is recorded as 2118[11].
  • Weierstrass p's HTML entity is recorded as ℘[12].
  • Weierstrass p's HTML entity is recorded as ℘[13].
  • Weierstrass p's HTML entity is recorded as ℘[14].
  • Weierstrass p's HTML entity is recorded as ℘[15].
  • Weierstrass p's GlyphWiki ID is recorded as u2118[16].
  • Weierstrass p's Unicode block is recorded as Letterlike Symbols[17].
  • Weierstrass p's Unicode character name is recorded as SCRIPT CAPITAL P[18].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Unicode character[4] and mathematical symbol[5].

History and Context

Karl Weierstraß is named after Weierstrass p[6].

Why It Matters

Weierstrass p draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (unicode_character category, ranking #90 of 359).[2] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . The TeXbook. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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