Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli 35

Oh, and if it weren't enough, mathematicians have a separate name for the damned nabla symbol : "del" instead of "nabla".

TODO why is it called "Del"? Is is because it is an inverted uppercase delta?

As if Greek letters weren't enough, physicists and mathematicians also like to make up tons of symbols, some of which look like the could actually be Greek letters!

Nabla is one of those: it was completely made up in modern times, and just happens to look like an inverted upper case delta to make things even more confusing!

Nabla means "harp" in Greek, which looks like the symbol.