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(This is mainly addressed to Davide Cervone.)

a\bmod 3 renders correctly in display or inline normal size, but when I use it in a superscript it is not properly spaced.

$$a\bmod 3; 2^{a\bmod 3}$$

Inline $a\bmod 3; 2^{a\bmod 3}$

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(This is a bug report, not a request for help.)

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  • $\begingroup$ I've noticed that \bmod spacing in general seems to be smaller in MathJax than TeX. $\endgroup$
    – Alex Becker
    Apr 19, 2014 at 3:09
  • $\begingroup$ I've also noticed this occurring in a few environments, like eqnarray. It's odd that it should have different spacing in different parts of MathJax. $\endgroup$
    – Alexander Gruber Mod
    Apr 19, 2014 at 6:55
  • $\begingroup$ It would be better to file non-SE related bug reports at github.com/mathjax/mathjax/issues as well. While we monitor SE sites closely, the only guaranteed way is the official MathJax issue tracker. $\endgroup$
    – Peter Krautzberger
    Apr 19, 2014 at 8:37
  • $\begingroup$ @peter I will try that next time. $\endgroup$
    – MJD
    Apr 19, 2014 at 13:38
  • $\begingroup$ Thanks. That'd be great. $\endgroup$
    – Peter Krautzberger
    Apr 19, 2014 at 13:39

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I've opened an issue tracker for the bug. The problem is that MathJax uses \mathbin to handle \bmod, and since binary operators generally get no extra space in super- and subscripts, that causes the spacing problems that you are seeing. The definition needs to be changed to include the spacing explicitly.

You might try using

\def\BMOD{\mmlToken{mo}[lspace="thickmathspace" rspace="thickmathspace"]{mod}}

and see if that works better for you. Here is an example: $$\def\BMOD{\mmlToken{mo}[lspace="thickmathspace" rspace="thickmathspace"]{mod}} a\BMOD 3; \quad 2^{a\BMOD 3}$$

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  • $\begingroup$ Thanks. Should I use github for future bug reports? It doesn't have MathJax built in, so it seems less perspicuous than SE. $\endgroup$
    – MJD
    Apr 21, 2014 at 2:12
  • $\begingroup$ For items that are clearly bugs (like this one), or for feature requests for MathJax, I'd use the issue tracker. For things that are tied to the SE interface, I'd report them here. I do keep a fairly close eye on meta.MSE, and do transfer bugs to the issue tracker like I did here, so if you report here, we usually will see it (especially if it is tagged with the "tex" tag). $\endgroup$
    – Davide Cervone
    Apr 21, 2014 at 2:19
  • $\begingroup$ @DavideCervone: Sorry to ping you like this, but I'm curious what should be done about this issue. Oded appears to think it's an issue on the MathJax side. $\endgroup$
    – user642796
    Jul 16, 2014 at 11:19

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