[HM] Lowercase omega origin of symbol for infinity?

Lynn Stallings (mstlls@panther.Gsu.EDU)
Sat, 11 Jul 1998 11:36:04 -0700

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I know that the infinity symbol is attributed to John Wallis, but can't
find anything on why it's shaped as it is. I have heard that it might have
been derived from the lowercase omega, but cannot document that.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

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