Questions tagged [mathjax]
For questions about MathJax, which is used to write mathematics on Stack Exchange sites.
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Should titles be included in begingroup..endgroup (similarly as posts and comments)?
Not too long ago, a Stack Exchange software was changed in such way that macros defined in a post are valid only inside that post (similarly for comments). It was announced in an answer on this meta: ...
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Why is ChatJax not enabled by default? [duplicate]
There is a ChatJax bookmark for rendering LaTeX in chat. Why is it not run by default when math chatrooms are loaded? I find two issues with the current approach:
New users are not aware that they ...
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Mathjax symbols do not read in titles when using Android
On a mobile I do not get math symbolic notation in title or comments. ( Main text ok ) Is there a fix applicable to Androids ?
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dash over a letter [duplicate]
How do I write a letter like : A ,with a bar over it ( stands for the closure of A in topology) . I looked it up but \={A} didn't work , see : $\={A}$ .Help
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Display issue with first $2$ equations in an answer, although they appear fine in Edit mode
The issue is with my second answer to the question at Fastest way to solve congruency equation. This is what I see:
$ $
$ $
The problem occurs on a Windows $7$ machine using FireFox version $66.0.5$...
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MathJax squashed my Chinese $\rm{\small T}heorem$
The letter T in CRT is too small below (source here). This is the only letter in the alphabet that exhibits this problem in that context. Alas, it renders so ugly that I've been forced to resort to ...
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Fixing an AMScd diagram
I want to fix this diagram and also extend it to the diagram below.
Can you help me out?
$\require{AMScd}$
$\begin{CD}
S^{n-1}@>\subseteq >> D^n \\
@VhVV @VVV\\
S^{n-1}\\
@V\subseteq VV @...
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Problem exporting an answer to pdf
MSE offers a huge variety of possibilities when it comes to writing an answer/question which might not be found elsewhere (at least all together).
I've recently read on this post, that answers can ...
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MathJax very slow in questions that are closed
MathJax redisplay is very slow in the preview pane while editing answers in closed questions. Redisplay that normally happens in under a second can take up to $5$ times longer.
Not too infrequently ...
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Why do some users citing compatibility issues when deprecating the use of Unicode characters?
I have encountered for several times that some users have complained to me the use of Unicode characters (of normal series and normal shape, i.e. not bold nor italic) such ...
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How to write a line through text? [duplicate]
How to write a line through text or words ?
Like the \underline{} in latex but in the middle the line, to indicate something is wrong.
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How to make bold greek letters in Mathjax on Stackexchange?
I already know how to make $\mathbf {bold}$ letters, and I know how to make various greek letters such as $\gamma$ and $\Psi$. But how to make any bold greek characters?
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Incorrect mathjax border around equations containing \tag
When there is an equation with \tag in it as the one below, then if you left click on the equation, the MathJax border is incorrectly shown.
Here is some random ...
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MathJax on simple numbers, the HNQ and a game of 21
In question titles, should "simple numbers" – those numbers that stand on their own and which do not require any $\TeX$ symbols to express cleanly – be put into MathJax anyway? Examples ...
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Mysterious space added in matrix-like environments
Here are two screenshots taken from 3D rotation matrix with zero determinant and Simplify this expression for the relative condition number of $f(x,y) := [ x^y, x + y ]^T$. It can be seen that an ...
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What has happended to MathJax?
I recently noticed that the quality of equations rendered in MathJax has deteriorated quite a bit. In particular, I would point the square root and integral operations. Am I missing something here? Am ...
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MathJax formatting on mobile site.
I've noticed lately that MathJax has been paragraphing its output excessively sometimes on the mobile site. I don't know how to describe it, so here is a screenshot:
Please help :)
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What to do about comments with broken MathJax?
Sometimes one comes across content that has MathJax that does not render correctly. When it is a post one can edit it.
But what to do about comments that have MathJax that does not render correctly ...
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MathJax tutorial for linear programming missing in search results
Background
An answer for typing linear-programming questions in mathjax has been added to MathJax basic tutorial and quick reference since one year.
Problem
I attempted to find it by search on this ...
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MathJax for integer summation proof
I have this
\begin{array}{r}
sum &= 1 + 2 + \ldots + (n - 1) + n \\[1ex]
+ \; sum &= n + (n-1) + \ldots + 2 + 1 \\
\hline
2\,sum &= (n +1) + (n+1) + \ldots + (n+1) + (n+1)
\end{...
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Is Mathjax accessible for people using screen readers?
I tried writing a formula on Why are some equations and formulas written in a way that suggests the smaller number divides the bigger number, instead of the other way around?, but I cannot find the ...
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Plenty of [Math Processing Error]s before and after selecting duplicate in review queues
Since this is already more than six months this has been reported inside the Mathematics new site theme is live topic, and yet still not fixed, I've decided to put this one separately.
This happens ...
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Redundant overlapping expressions in review queues when closing as duplicates
Since this is already more than six months this has been reported inside the Mathematics new site theme is live topic, and yet still not fixed, I've decided to put this one separately.
If you go to ...
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Problem with mathjax rendering in profiles [duplicate]
There is a weird Mathjax alignment in question titles of user profiles.
I am using chrome on apple.
Here are two screen shots examples from different user profiles.
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Problems with Latex rendering
The Latex-text will not be represented as formulas.
The Latex-text will not be rendered.
Why?
My text begins with 2 Dollar signs and ends with 2 Dollarsigns.
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MathJax rendering issue while looking at someone's profile
I have encountered the following issue looking at my profile, see it in the photo.
This also happens if I change the browser or log off from my account or even if I check from my phone, and it also ...
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A possible bug regarding MathJax, previews, and the arctangent/tangent functions?
For context, I was making a tweak to GReyes' answer on this question, just cleaning up some formatting with the trigonometric functions. Specifically, I was turning ...
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Feature Request: Support Latex Tables on math.stackexchange?
Math.stackexchange already supports quite a bit of $\LaTeX$ mark-up using mathjax. What do you think about supporting the $\LaTeX$ tables?
In Stack overflow mark-...
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Inserting braces in a brace [closed]
I don’t know how can I ensert the right braces using latex...
Any help is appreciated...
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Title of linked question messed up when it includes MathJax
I've just flagged a question as duplicate ( it was already deleted)
and the link to the original one appears broken - not the link itself but the title:
If this helps, the source of the title of the ...
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Odd inline mode MathJax rendering problem in the MathJax basic tutorial
I'm seeing something odd with the inline MathJax rendering on the MathJax basic tutorial.
There are 15 items in a numbered list in the tutorial. For items 1 to 5 (and also the first part of item 6) ...
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MathJax issue while using SE from phone
I had the following issue for a while, but I thought it's only a problem that I encounter, so I mostly ignored it, however today I installed this app yet the problem still persists so I thought it ...
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How to type Sigma and other symbols in MathJax [duplicate]
Can someone please illustrate how to use the sigma symbol using mathjax and other such symbols please help?
By the way the moderators of this site are extremely helpful so thank you.
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MathJax extending outside the question if a line is too long. Is there no better way?
Above is an image of what I'm seeing in the following question: trying to understand this proof of sylows theorem that say the number of p-sylow subgroups is 1+kp
Is this overlay of the MathJax ...
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LaTeX/MathJax does not render in some question thumbnail
Sometimes I have question thumbnail that does not render LaTeX:
I have compared my code with other posts, I do not found differences that can explain this behavior.
What can cause LaTeX or MathJax ...
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Tableau as an answer
I was not sure whether to ask this question here or the main Math SE. Regardless, please do move it as you see fit. I wanted to answer a question; however, I could not because I don't know how to ...
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Copy my original MathJax from my comment into paste buffer? [duplicate]
How can I copy one of my comments which is MathJax format and paste it in the solution since nobody answered my question? I have developed the answer in a comment.
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\mathit only works with preview mode?
Earlier I added an example to MathJax basic tutorial and quick reference, but it seems that \mathit only works in preview. Is there any suitable alternative?
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MathJax rendering in preview but not in actual post?
So I just passed the 2,000 rep threshold this morning and, eager to try out my newfound powers of automatic editing, I went ahead and looked for the first post I could find that could use some ...
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MathJax broken by font clash in Related Questions and Hot Meta questions under new responsive design
We used to render the Related Questions and the Hot Meta Question lists in
Georgia so that they looked right when combined with MathJax. Now we don’t,
and it looks... suboptimal (i.e., ...
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MathJax not always rendering tag-question summaries due to early $truncati [duplicate]
Sometimes the question summaries don’t get all their MathJax rendered. For example, from the summation tag questions you see this:
It looks to me like this bug is caused by the truncation of the ...
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Feature request: LaTeX preview in *comments*
I would like to request that a preview be generated when writing comments, the same way that one is generated when writing a question.
This is particularly relevant in math forums where LaTeX ...
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Can I put formula numbers in a question or an answer?
Suppose I'm writing a question like
blah blah blah $$a=0$$ blah blah blah
I want to put (1) at the very right of the line that has $a=0$. Can I do that?
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Where to report MathJax bugs?
TL;DR: What is a suitable place where to report MathJax bugs?
I mean the bugs which seem to be issues with MathJax in general - not specific to this site or Stack Exchange network.
Often some ...
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How does MSE do live previews of MathJax?
How does MSE do live previews of MathJax? I need this for my own site.
I am not a JavaScript developer but I can copy / paste some code into the right place. I'm using Bubble to create a learning ...
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Using \$ \$ when typing matrices
I have this matrix:
$ \begin{pmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{pmatrix} $
and I want to show a new user how to type this, by adding \$ \$:
\$ \begin{pmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{pmatrix} ...
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Provide \degree symbol in MathJax
A while ago I posted an answer to the MathJax tutorial meta question about the right way to write a degree symbol. The latest edit (with which I'm not really happy) discusses, among other things, the ...
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How does one add missing latex commands or see all available commands in math exchange site?
I wanted to write the \underbar in the [mathexchange site][1], but it wasn't possible when using \underbar{}. Is it possible to ...
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Bug in math.stackexchange MathJax editor
When answering a question the editor sometimes pops up an image which covers the line one is trying to edit as seen in the image below.
Has anyone else encountered this problem?
My usual fix is to ...
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Can I use Mathematics Stack Exchange's MathJax for uses different than those intended?
I am participating in the IYMC and need to type some answers. As a member of this site for $9$ months, I find myself much more comfortable typing in MathJax than in Microsoft Word. So I hope that I ...
