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0 sats \ 8 replies \ @Scroogey 12 Oct \ parent \ on: [Daily puzzle] No calculator math science

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22 sats \ 6 replies \ @SimpleStacker 12 Oct

Single dollar signs work in latex but not in mathjax. Probably because single dollar sign is too common in regular html

1 sat \ 5 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 12 Oct

Oh really? I think I already used it too.

Let's try. $\sqrt{2}$ (single dollar, inline) and double dollar (block equation):

1 sat \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 13 Oct

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.

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 13 Oct

SN's newest update deactivated single dollar signs... As can be seen here :)

Let's try the alternative for inline equation: ( \sqrt{3} )

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 13 Oct

I believe double dollar signs works for

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 13 Oct

Really

Indeed

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 13 Oct

Oh, let me know when that happens. It's probably something easy to address in the settings of the MathJax library used here.

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @025738dda8 12 Oct

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.