Questions tagged [bug]
Indicates a reproducible problem on the site that you believe is due to a mistake, malfunction, or programming error.
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When comments are moved to the chat, are math Jax formulas not displayed? [duplicate]
In this post comments have just moved to chat. I just opened the chat and see that I'm unable to see math jax formulas. This is what is displayed on my PC:
I'm wondering if this problem happens only ...
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inconsistent display of vectors
Over on the "Mathematics" StackExchange site (not here on "Mathematics-meta"), this same code is displaying as horizontal 1 x 3 matrices instead of the desired 3 x 1 matrices you ...
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using bold and subscript together [duplicate]
I'd like to bold the x vectors, including their subscripts in the following code. How can I do this?
$$
Ax_{1} = \begin{bmatrix}
1 \\
0 \\
0 \\
\end{bmatrix}
Ax_{2} = \begin{bmatrix}
0 \\
1 \\
0 \\
\...
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Does the "How to vote" pop-up on the election page disappear immediately for others too?
I have clicked over to the election page to vote, and I briefly see a browser modal dialog titled "How to vote" that disappears almost immediately before I have any interaction with the page....
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Why was I was given a 100 year suspension?
Yesterday when I tried to post an answer, I got the following message:
Transcription:
This account is temporarily suspended; suspension ends on Jul 8, 2124 at 14:07.
Sorry, we are no longer ...
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Fraction bar too short
When I have a really long fraction, it tends to be too short:
$\frac{11111111111111111111111}1$
Video:
Image:
This happens in both the preview and in the post.
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Why was my post closed when I gave clear reasons that did not conflict wtih question posting guidelines?
I recently created the following post. It was a split of an earlier post. Someone asked if it was a duplicate and I explained in the comment that it is a split of a previous post because that post ...
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Merging instead of closing similar questions
How do you solve this equation $ \log_{2}(x) = \sqrt x$?
How would you prove $\log_{2}x < \sqrt x$ for $x > 16$?
I understand these are duplicate questions in essence. However, I got really ...
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Error message regarding edit summary
As of this morning, I seem unable to put Edit summaries that I have used in the past. Specifically, I made two formatting edits, and attempted to write "Formatting" in the Edit summary box, ...
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MSE read-only mode banner links are useless
The MSE banner,
This site is currently in read-only mode. We’ll return with full functionality soon. Visit our status page or search our recent meta posts on the topic for more info.
has two links, ...
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Question not visible in the list of questions under a tag
My question isn't visible in the lists of questions of any of the three tags that were added. I searched using "No accepted answers" filter and went till Feb 11, 2022 (the date on which it ...
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Matrices do not render in preview
Why does this example:
$$
\begin{matrix}
1 & x & x^2 \\
1 & y & y^2 \\
1 & z & z^2 \\
\end{matrix}
$$
no longer render correctly, at least ...
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review queue tests get grayed out
When I'm reviewing questions in the review queues, there sometimes is a question that gets greyed, where you can't even comment I think. This is always one of the tests, but this obviously defeats the ...
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Does this matrix look like a matrix to you? It doesn't to me
$$\begin{pmatrix} a& b& c \\ d & e & f \\ g & h & i \end{pmatrix} $$
Here what I'm seeing
What is the work around for this issue?
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Online preview display of answers/questions works only in the first round of editing in MSE
It seems I am experiencing a bug when working in MSE for some weeks. When I edit my answers/questions for the second time, the online displayer does not work on any devices (i.e., I cannot see any ...
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Editing a post is not a reason for failing an audit.
I was doing some reviewing and I arrived at this post. It contains some explanation and a link to a drawing. In order to understand what the whole thing was about, I decided to edit the question.
As ...
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Tag synonyms: Inconsistencies
Many tags have synonyms. My understanding is that there are "primary" tags with one or more synonyms. If somebody uses a synonym, then the this tag is automatically replaced by the primary ...
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preview doesn’t reflect actual appearance of post when links are on one line seperated by <br> tags
In my answer at Summing a binomial series that arose while counting functions, I listed some related questions like this:
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Was the style of the up/down-vote arrows changed?
I noticed that the style of the up/down-votes button has changed (for me at least). At first, I thought it was a bug, but frequent reloading makes it look like a change.
Now, it looks quite similar to ...
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Difficulties with displaying set signs
In the following question I recently asked, I wasn't able to the display the symbols denoting sets in mathematics: {, and }.
Usually, I write them by putting
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Removing a tag does not immediately remove the question from the list of questions for the tag
I just removed the geometric-probability tag from Coupon collector problem with a large set of coupons. When I then searched for questions with this tag (https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/...
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Malformatted parentheses
Update: StackExchange is still using MathJax v2.7.5, while the current release is v3.2 and has corrected some of this sort of rendering error. So this report may not be of interest to anyone.
Davide ...
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Why many posts here on meta still have links in the old format http://meta.math.stackexchange.com?
Long time ago, the URL for this meta used to be http://meta.math.stackexchange.com - but it later changed to ...
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MathJax is suddenly rendering very slowly and incorrectly in the preview in Firefox
As of today, if I try to edit any of my answers or questions on the main site in Firefox, MathJax renders very slowly and incorrectly in the preview.
Some lines (which look fine before I click "...
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Buffering calendar
My calendar, as depicted here, endlessly buffers:
Is anyone else experiencing this?
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The "Draft your question" pane still has some http (rather than https) links
When a user asks a question, the pane with the title "Draft your question" is shown on the right.
Our site does not use the default version - it has been customized specifically for this ...
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MathJax in comment looks like nonsense, what's going on?
In this question, I have added a comment:
$(a-p)^2+(4-a-q)^2 = a^2-2ap+p^2+(4-a)^2-2(4-a)q+q^2= a^2-2ap+(4-a)^2-2(4-a)q+1= ...$, does this help?
But is looks like this:
For your information: I'm ...
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Remove the empty tag (geometric-cyclicity)
Typically, the tags with no questions are automatically removed by a script which runs once a day, this process is called tag pruning.
However, there is a known bug which causes that if both tags in a ...
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Update the Help Center article on searching to mention the in:saves operator in place of the inbookmarks:mine operator
The Help Center article titled "How do I search?" needs to be updated to mention the in:saves operator in place of the deprecated ...
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MathJax doesn't work anymore in questions
Only very recently, I noticed that MathJax does not work correctly in questions.
For instance, set brackets are not displayed any more:
$\{1 \}$
If I post the same as an answer, it works correctly.
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The links on the "How can I format mathematics here" page are broken
On the page https://math.stackexchange.com/help/notation, there are two links:
https://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/tex-latex-mathjax-basic-tutorial-and-quick-reference
https://meta.math....
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\{, \}, \| and \\ need an extra backslash to be rendered correctly in math when composing a new question in MSE.
When composing a new question iver in math.stackexchange, some symbols need an extra \ (backslash) to be rendered correctly:
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Stack exchange goes to different question than in URL
When I type in https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/47 into safari/chrome, checking its suggestions did not replace the URL, stack exchange goes instead to Can you recommend a decent online or ...
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Is it a bug that post score differ in user's page and post page?
I noticed this in a user's page (the top post has a 28 score):
But in the post page it has a score of 27.
Of course, before I up-voted it, the score was still 28 in the user's page.
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Mathjax integrals displaying incorrectly
On my display the integral display too small and too far down. I see this on every integral displayed on the site.
$$ \int f(x) dx $$
which is rendered to
$$ \int ...
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MathJax preview works incorrectly in Google Chrome.
A couple of times now, I have drafted a question, only for the automatic preview to completely mangle the MathJax. Examples:
I expect $\{X\}$ should display as $\{...
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Reputation tab bug misreports numbers first time
I've seen this a few times recently.
The first time I load the reputation tab, if there is reputation change today and yesterday on the same question, it (sometimes?) counts the today number wrong.
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Misformatted parenthesis in exponent
The formula
$$\begin{align}
\lim_{x \to 0} (\cos x)^{\cot x} & =\lim_{x \to 0} ((1+(\cos x-1))^{\frac{1}{\cos x -1}})^{(\cos x -1)\cot x}\\\\
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renders like ...
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suspension period
I've read here that a suspension period can last at most one year. But I found an account which is obviously suspended for $\textbf{10 years}$ :
Have the rules been changed or has an error crept into ...
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Mathjax is corrupted when I post an answer. [closed]
I have noticed problems when posting on Math StackExchange recently. Mathjax, whether posted by me or by others comes out garbled. Usually, all is well when I refresh the download. Most recently, ...
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What's wrong with my 'Curious' badge? [duplicate]
A partial screenshot of my MSE profile is as follows:
As one can see, I have already fulfilled the threshold to be awarded the 'Curious' badge, but it was never awarded to me. What's going on? Please ...
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Bug: "\fbox" is not correctly displayed in my browser if there is a "\tag" inside "\fbox"
Problem
Some formulas I write in \fbox are not displayed strictly for me. The box around the equation has shifted to the left.
For example, the equation
$$
\fbox{$
\...
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Chrome doesn't display some symbols
Specifically, I cannot see any \mathcal symbol. The \mathbb symbols are also in a very weired font. Here are some examples and what I see on my browser:
$$\mathcal{A},\mathcal{B},\mathcal{D},\mathcal{...
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Are there some Mathjax features that don't work on the 'Ask a public question' page?
I just posted a question on the Mathematics site that required the use of set brackets; however I could not get them to work as usual on the 'Ask a public question' page. On their own in math mode, ...
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Why is the tag (triangle) listed among the new tags?
When I look at the list of the newly created tags on Mathematics Stack Exchange, the tag triangle is listed there.
This seems a bit unusual, because this tag is a synonym of the tag triangles and the ...
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Mathjax renders really slowly
Mathjax often renders very slowly for me in the preview when I type up a question. I always have to stop typing and wait for 5 seconds. A similar complaint can be found here. The answer there says ...
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Piecewise Equation Formatting Issue in MathJax Preview
I am composing a question involving piecewise polynomial equations, but the preview formatting isn't coming out how I expect. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
The notation I'm using:
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Text in “Closed“ box goes beyond right boundary (on mobile devices)
On mobile devices, the text in a “Closed” box may extend beyond the right boundary of the box.
Up to now, I observed this only on the Mathematics Meta site, and only for questions which are closed ...
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bad break in bounty banner
The bounty banner looks bad. I’d be surprised if it’s always looked like this and I never noticed, so I suspect something was broken. Here’s a screenshot:
There are two related problems with this. (I ...
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View count different in main list and search result
A question of mine is currently in the Top list (most recent) and has had 13 views. However, if I search for "mirror symmetry in partial sum plot", it is listed in the search result with 2 ...
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