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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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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Matrices not rendering correctly
I'm trying to write out a matrix equation, but the matrices aren't rendering correctly. I checked it in overleaf and it's formatted correctly there but for some reason it's not doing so here. I even ...
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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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Bug: Can't write matrices and newlines $\LaTeX$ in Tag Editor.
Problem: I can't write matrices and newlines with MathJax in $\LaTeX$ in the Tag Editor.
I've noticed on several SE pages that I can't write line breaks in MathJax. On some pages, an ...
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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"
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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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Self-closing oddity
I recently asked a question, and in a comment Eric Wofsey observed that it was substantially similar to an earlier question I had not seen.
I agreed, and voted to close my own question. I expected ...
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Can no longer quickly preview LaTeX on MSE
It used to be that every time I wrote a question, the LaTeX in the preview would almost instantly compile. As of this week, I have to wait several seconds before seeing it appear. Nothing on my end (...
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Why does Mathjax look different on different devices?
On my personal devices Mathjax looks like
Whereas on other devices Mathjax looks like
For example, the arrow between $R^4$ and $R^4$ is thicker in the first picture and thin in the second.
The edges ...
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Can't place a second bounty after grace period.
I posted a question on Christmas and placed a bounty on it. I'm planning to re-bounty the question for 100 points today, but the system isn't letting me do that. Also, it is saying "award this ...
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LaTeX barely loading on math.stackexchange on my PC
I'm not the first to report a problem like this, but I couldn't find any recent complaints about this from the past few years.
Lately, LaTeX symbols have not been loading very slowly for me on math....
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Why using \mathcal command produce a square? [duplicate]
My computer is a MacBook Pro, using the 13.0 version (Ventura), and I'm using Chrome. See for example
or that
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Why isn't the table command working?
In this question here
I'm trying to render some tables using this code
probability distribution of $C_1$
| event | probability
| :------- | :----------------: |
| 0 heads | $\frac{1}{9}$ ...
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Bug in "Saving" in the review process
Steps to reproduce:
Go to the page of any specific review task, i.e. https://math.stackexchange.com/review/close/<review-id>.
Click the “Saving” button.
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Modifications don't show up on the timeline.
This happens frequently, both on the main site and on meta: An old question pops back up on the front page, I open it, the text under the title says "Modified today", but when I check the ...
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Bug in first questions review queue
From my understanding, the first posts review queue shows a red dot if it is above 10 or so posts. However, it is currently displaying a red dot and clicking on it yields no questions to be reviewed:
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Double posting of question
The last time I checked, there was a forty-minute cooldown to asking questions(see first comment). However, I noticed that one user has posted the exact same question twice at approx. the same time.
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Bounty Message despite Accepted Answer
Why am I getting this message? (Note in this case I'm getting it after accepting an answer.)
In this case, I had this message for long as I had neither accepted nor received any answer. But then, ...
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Why is MathJax parsing incorrectly for this linked question?
In the linked questions to Sum of the series $\sum_{k=0}^{r}(-1)^k.(k+1).(k+2).\binom{n}{r-k} $, I get:
but the correct parsing of the title is Find the remainder when $\sum_{r=0}^{2014} \sum_{k=0}^r ...
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Why does MathJax render differently on different devices?
On my laptop (macOS), $$\mathbin{\rlap{\,\,\bullet}\triangle}$$ renders as
On my phone (Android), however, the same code (i.e. ...
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Frustrations with sorting questions/answers by score
I was recently hunting for an old answer of mine, and remembered it as being relatively high-scoring. To find it, I went to my answer list on my profile page, and sorted it by score. My answers were ...
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Why is it so hard to find solutions in mathstackexchange
I was advised that this site has people who can answer and are interested in research. But I asked questions, no one bothers to look. So I edit thinking I might be the problem. I realise there maybe ...
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Is possible to use a spoiler for a list in a question of a proof?
I would like to use a spoiler in this post of the the proof of the point $1$-$3$ but unfortunately I was not able: so is it possible use a spoiler?
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Why can't I edit the tags of my post? Why do people not seem to be interested in it?
I have a question about my Mathematics Stack Exchange post: Trying to prove a proposition about the nth order derivative of a polynomial by induction - is this correct?
I tried to add the proof-...
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Table rendering in preview but not in finished post
At a question just now the user was having trouble with the table he formatted not appearing correctly in the finished solution view.
I don't know where to check for these reports first other than ...
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Custom TeX command doesn't render in search results
In my answer to Collecting Stickers! Evaluate occurrence of duplicates? I defined a custom TeX command \stir, which is rendered correctly on the page itself. When ...
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Broken MathJax formatting on activity page
Here is a screenshot from my activity page:
running Google Chrome Version 99.0.4844.51 (Official Build) (64-bit)
However the browser or the version doesn't seem to matter, tested same thing on ...
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Why is MSE still down (read-only)?
When accessing the main site, I see a banner with the text "This site is currently in read-only mode. We’ll return with full functionality soon. Follow @StackStatus, visit our status blog or ...
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A comment not showing up in my inbox
I can see the comment from 13 hours ago in the Responses tab but not in the Inbox tab, and I don't see the red notification icon on the main page. This is probably related to the fact that the answer ...
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Favoriting / bookmarking a question while working the Close Queue?
Is there a way to favorite / bookmark when you encounter it in the Close Queue? I didn't see the little bookmark icon under the vote count widget (but then I frequently miss elements in the math.se ...
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Why is text being hidden behind "Featured on Meta" window?
In Finding the Distance Between Contours (Calculus 3 Question), what is causing the posting text to be partially hidden behind the Featured on Meta window?
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Inconsistency between markdown in comments and posts
There is an inconsistency between the Markdown for codeblocks in comments and the Markdown in Questions and Answers: it seems to me impossible to type \ (as in, ...
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Why images not displayed anymore?
I have been using Math Stackexchnage site for several years. But from a few days ago I noticed that images cannot be displayed anymore.
I uploaded an image of what I see (I can't even see the image ...
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Displays on main question page [duplicate]
The latest changes have certainly messed up MathJax displays on the main question page!!
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