Using Bold Greek Letters in AmSTeX

Bold Greek letters are available using the \boldsymbol macro, which needs to be enabled by calling \loadbold in the preamble.

\documentstyle{amsppt}

\loadbold

\document
Let $\boldsymbol\alpha$ be a vector.  Call it $\boldsymbol\beta$.
\enddocument

(Note that this is not to be taken as an example of good mathematical exposition.)

Last updated 23 August 2006