function msieversion()
// return Microsoft Internet Explorer (major)
// version number, or 0 for others.
// This function works by finding the "MSIE "
// string and extracting the version number
// following the space, up to the decimal point
// for the minor version, which is ignored.
{
var ua = window.navigator.userAgent
var msie = ua.indexOf ( "MSIE " )
if ( msie > 0 )      // is Microsoft Internet Explorer; return version number
   return parseInt ( ua.substring ( msie+5, ua.indexOf ( ".", msie ) ) )
else
   return 0          // is other browser
}
var alpha = ""
var beta = ""
var lambda = ""
var nu = ""
var pi = ""
var sigma = ""
var Delta = ""
if (msieversion() >= 4) {
	alpha = "&alpha;"
	beta = "&beta;"
        gamma = "&gamma;"
	lambda = "&lambda;"
	nu = "&nu;"
	pi = "&pi;"
        Delta = "&Delta;"
} 
else {
	alpha = '<IMG WIDTH=8 HEIGHT=9 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="alpha" SRC="../common/alpha.gif">'
	beta = '<IMG WIDTH=8 HEIGHT=13 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="beta" SRC="../common/beta.gif">'
	gamma = '<IMG WIDTH=9 HEIGHT=10 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gamma" SRC="../common/gamma.gif">'
	lambda = '<IMG WIDTH=7 HEIGHT=12 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="lambda" SRC="../common/lambda.gif">'
	nu = '<IMG WIDTH=7 HEIGHT=7 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="nu" SRC="../common/nu.gif">'
	pi = '<IMG WIDTH=8 HEIGHT=9 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="pi" SRC="../common/pi.gif">'
	sigma = '<IMG WIDTH=8 HEIGHT=7 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="sigma" SRC="../common/sigma.gif">'
	Delta = '<IMG WIDTH=12 HEIGHT=13 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="Delta" SRC="../common/Delta.gif">'
}

