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David Madore said this was a good place to report MathJax bugs, and I think I have encountered one. Here is a formula tagged with the label “$FLT$”:

$$a^n + b^n = x^n \tag{FLT}$$

To get this I used \tag{FLT}.

Now I would like to label the following formula with “$F\Phi$”, analogously using \tag{F\Phi}, but it doesn't work:

$$a^n + b^n = x^n \tag{F\Phi}$$

Is this is a bug or a feature? If it's a feature, why?

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  • $\begingroup$ I meant to post this on the meta site. I have flagged it for moderator attention. $\endgroup$
    – MJD
    Jan 14, 2014 at 3:56

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Apparently, the expression inside the "tag" is interpreted as a text, not a math formula. Try this:

$$a^n + b^n = x^n \tag{F$\Phi$}$$

which yields

$$a^n + b^n = x^n \tag{F$\Phi$}$$

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$$x^n+y^n=z^n \tag{$F\Phi$}$$ Use dollar signs around the F\Phi, since \tag switches to text mode. If you want $F$ upright, there are various fixes.

Why? It would not be attractive if default were math mode, since FLT would become $FLT$.

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  • $\begingroup$ Thanks very much. $\endgroup$
    – MJD
    Jan 14, 2014 at 4:16
  • $\begingroup$ You are welcome. At one point I helped a bit with a book on LaTeX, and learned many things that I have mostly forgotten. $\endgroup$
    – André Nicolas
    Jan 14, 2014 at 4:19
  • $\begingroup$ Put the dollar signs only around the \Phi. (F$\Phi$) $\endgroup$
    – Geoff Pointer
    Jan 14, 2014 at 5:15
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Is this is a bug or a feature? If it's a feature, why?

It's a feature. Note that that's how $\rm\LaTeX$'s \tag{} macro works (its argument is placed in text mode), so MathJax treats it the same way.

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