Am 2000-06-22 um 10:29 h hat Antoine Leca geschrieben:
> On the other hand, about the capitalization of µ, [...] using M
> would be definitively wrong (the value will be multiplied by 1000),

Actually, it would be multiplied by 1 000 000 000 000,
cf. <http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html>.

Of course, the Unicode capitalization of "µ" is U+039C rather than "M";
still, it would not be a good idea to capitalize any units of measurement.

Best wishes,
   Otto Stolz