pull down to refresh
1 sat \ 11 replies \ @ChrisS 12 Oct \ on: [Daily puzzle] No calculator math science
How do I learn more about how to do the math symbols in markup? Is there a way to see the raw markup on posts?
It's not really markup, it's MathJax.
Mathjax supports different syntaxes: MathML, TeX, and ASCIImath.
I use TeX. There are plenty of tutorials on how to write equations in TeX.
$$ a^3 + \sqrt{3} + \frac{1}{a+\hbar}+\int_{i=1}^a \exp{(iax)} dx < \infty $$
for instance will yield
I did not test MathML and ASCIImath here yet.
reply
reply
Single dollar signs work in latex but not in mathjax. Probably because single dollar sign is too common in regular html
reply
Oh really? I think I already used it too.
Let's try. $\sqrt{2}$ (single dollar, inline) and double dollar (block equation):
reply
Oh, hmm. The implementation I use in my website doesn't allow single dollar signs.
It's actually probably better that way, since I've seen dollar signs mess up other peoples' posts here.
reply
SN's newest update deactivated single dollar signs... As can be seen here :)
Let's try the alternative for inline equation: ( \sqrt{3} )
reply
I believe double dollar signs works for
reply
Really
Indeed
Oh, let me know when that happens. It's probably something easy to address in the settings of the MathJax library used here.
reply
In TeX, single $ means "change to math typesetting mode" (treat it as"inline" math). The double $$ is similar, just it typesets it as a separate block of math/figure (it adds alignment, spacing, etc.).
I'd expect similar behaviour.
reply