Questions tagged [mathjax]
For questions about MathJax, which is used to write mathematics on Stack Exchange sites.
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Why my account is not rendering MathJax? [closed]
I am using PC and today I saw that MathJax is not responding in any answer or questions in this site, why is it happening? What should I do in order to fix this? Thanks for any help.
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mathML code display problems [closed]
mathML code, besides having very noticeable performance deterioration when displaying math formulas, often display badly.
There are vertical alignment problems such as ...
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In MathJax, how can I get the index of a cube root of a tall expression to be at the right level?
In MathJax, the cube root of a displayed fraction comes out like
$$\sqrt[3]\frac ab .$$
Typographically, there are four things wrong with this. The main one is that the $3$ is too low. It should at ...
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scaling root problem
Background [TL;DR]
In my previous meta question Vertical space between superscript and square root sign, I attempted (not so successfully) to illustrate a display problem about the square root sign by ...
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Vertical space between superscript and square root sign
Background [TL;DR]
In Difference between Ornstein-Uhlenbeck, Vasicek and Geometric Mean Reversion, the radicals in these two equations
$$S_{T,i}=\exp\left(\ln(S_0)e^{-\alpha T}+\left(\theta-\frac{\...
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Convert inputs in latex to text
How do math stackexchange convert inputs in latex to text? Is there any way I can use it too if I am planning to build a website or an app?
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Edit Recent Posts to Display HTML-Tables with Markdown
Users have been using $\rm\LaTeX$'s array environment for displaying tables. For instance, in the MathJax Tutorial's "Table" section,
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How can we set \displaystyle for a whole text?
Since there is no preamble to set \displaystyle for the whole text, how can we do to avoid writing \displaystyle each time we write a new formula?
(but I still want to write inline)
For example if I ...
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Why do the numbers on Math SE show in an ugly way when not using MathJax?
I understand the need to use MathJax which I always do but I think it is very inconvenient to keep using it when having small numbers alone in different parts of the text, If I don't use it they look ...
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Corresponding highlight when editing MathJax
When editing a complex formula, it is easy to get lost in a sea of MathJax code. The suggested feature is, when editing posts with MathJax:
(1) When a portion of a MathJax code is selected in the edit ...
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How to let MathJax only apply bold to characters?
Correct but too many \mathbf:
$$\mathbf X^*_{lm}\mathbf\cdot\mathbf E(\mathbf x)\tag1$$
One \mathbf but incorrect:
$$\mathbf{ X^*...
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Why Coloured parts of questions are removed?
Out of curiosity, after I learnt the use of mathjax if I thought necessary (obviously may be not for others) I use the $\color{red}{colour }$ code to mark any point of my question, but some users ...
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Chrome does not render Latex at all
I'm working on an older laptop with Windows 7. It does not render any latex equations on websites like Math Stack Exchange. I opened the source for a page in it.
It shows the following errors:
In ...
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Network-wide feature request to support MathJax in tables
Many of us here frequently use MathJax, whether for this site or another site on the SE Network. Recently SE added support for tables, but ignored the needs of the communities with MathJax support, ...
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Ordering of sub and superscripts [duplicate]
I would like to write this expression:
However, I am only able to produce:
$$\nabla_cR_{abc}^e$$
this is with:
\nabla_cR_{abc}^e
How can I write sub and ...
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Equations not shown, as if there is a problem with Mathjax
Today, I wrote an answer to this question. After posting the answer, it looks like this:
As you can see, the equations $ ( 1 ) $ and $ ( 2 ) $ are not shown properly, while equation $ ( 0 ) $ is. The ...
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Formatting bug on main site and probably all MathJax enabled sites.
The bug is about the >! spoiler maker.
Consider these screenshots (Click to maximise):
Here is the code to recreate the bug:
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How can I create a specific math expression on mathSE [duplicate]
This meta-query discusses the following question:
Q1: How can I create a specific mathematical expression in a mathSE query?
Edit Insert
Much of the information that a user would want is contained in ...
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Mobile phone Latex/MathJax not showing in..
Is there a way to see full symbols in Titles and Comments using equations and expressions? Thanks.
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Inserting math, brackets etc [duplicate]
I'm kinda new here. May I know how I can insert math here? For example, matrices and the Greek alphabet?
Sorry if it's a stupid question, I'm honestly clueless.
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How to put 2x2 matrices in the denominator and numerator using MathJax?
Answer(s) to Reciprocal vectors of a two dimensional lattice without borrowing from the third dimension suggest a way forward in figuring out how to divide 2x2 matrices in a straightforward way.
In ...
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How to write roots other than square roots in MathJax?
I can't find how to write roots other than square root using MathJax. There doesn't seem to be anything about it on the legendary MathJax basic tutorial and quick reference
These are my best attempts, ...
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Could we have predefined macros for naturals, integers, reals, and the like? [duplicate]
Request in title. Could we have site-wide predefined $\LaTeX$ macros \N, \Z, \Q and ...
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How to properly align a fitch style proof on Math Exchange?
Is it possible to align a fitch style proof? When I say align, I mean instead of:
$$ 1: \forall x [P(x)] \rightarrow Q \quad \text{Premise} \\ 2: | \lnot \exists x[P(x) \rightarrow Q] \quad \text{...
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Saving Mathjax generated SVG
This concerns rendering SVG in Mathjax via the context menu "Math Settings" -> "Math Renderer" -> "SVG". This works fine in the browser but I'd like to save a .svg ...
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In MathJax, how can one write a double underscript on a displayed summation sign?
Typically, summation is over some range, such as $k=1,...,n$, which might be written $$\sum_{k=1}^nx_k\quad\text{or}\quad\sum_{k=1,...,n}x_k.$$But suppose that the range is restricted by a further ...
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Embedding tikzcd diagrams
I know some tags are not supported, and some of them will likely never be (I have the <table> tag in mind). However, it is sometimes useful to embbed ...
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Erroneous MathJax rendering
Look at the words "I am not sure" in the editing window and in the preview in this image. In the editing window they come after the expression that is shown following them on the next line ...
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Mathematical symbols in Mathematica and Stack Exchange
How may I transfer mathematical text (with symbols, etc.) from Wolfram Mathematica into Stack Exchange?
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When a very short subject line is too long
Showing $\frac{|\overrightarrow{A_1B}|}{|\overrightarrow{A_1C}|}\frac{|\overrightarrow{B_1C}|}{|\overrightarrow{B_1A}|}\frac{|\overrightarrow{C_1A}|}{|\overrightarrow{C_1B}|}=1$ implies $AA_1$, $BB_1$,...
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Can I make this little table of diagrams better than ASCII graphics?
In my question How can one recognize when two Coxeter diagrams represent the same uniform polytope?,
I have a simple table into which I want to put three little Coxeter diagrams.
Here are the three ...
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MathJax not rendering and only showing the latex code
it is very old problem and here is a screenshot of the problem
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Quicker command for fraktur letters than \mathfrak?
There is a shorthand way of writing letters in blackboard bold: instead of using \mathbb, we use \Bbb. This substantially sped up my time writing questions and answers on math.SE. In the course of ...
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problem with mathjax spacing in comments
In the last few months, I have noticed the following anomaly in the way that mathjax is being rendered in comments:
Currently $\$ a\backslash, b\$ $ seems to be rendered as a,b.
What is desired is ...
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Rendering MathJaX: cropped formulas
In my recent Question Limit without de l'Hôpital: $\lim _{x\to 0\color{red}{\boldsymbol -}}\left(1+x^3\right)^{\frac{1}{\left(x^2+1\right)^4-1}}$ there is a problem of visualization. I have ...
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There is a MathJax command for the GCD. What, if any, is the command for the LCM?
There is $\gcd(a,b)$, written as $\gcd(a,b)$. How I can write lcm(a,b),
the command $\lcm(a,b)$ gives an error.
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Is using MathJax for questions required after having other users edit my questions already multiple times?
I am well aware that you do not necessarily have to write questions in MathJax if you are not fluent with this kind of language. However someone recently pointed out that I should really be learning ...
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pre-viewing mobile answers
This meta-posting is intended to serve as a combination query + feature-request. I do not have
a mobile device; I think that this posting needs input from users who do have a mobile device
(e.g. ...
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The command \tilde messes up with subscripts.
Have you encountered a spacing problem with the command \tilde? To show what I mean, let's take a look at $\tilde{f}_{k}$ and $f_k$. Do you notice that the ...
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Aligning own operator with limits in MathJax (bug or not?)
I want to create an own operator with limits which would be analogous to
$$\sum_{i=1}^k\, \text{or}\, \prod_{i=1}^k$$
in the sense that the limits should be in the exact same position, but there ...
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Writing Math equations in MSE. [duplicate]
How do I write the mathematical equations in a question, here on stack exchange?
When I try to write a question which involves equations, I get stuck as I don't know how to input those equations...
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Mathjax fonts ttf file download link needed [closed]
Long time ago, I was a regular attendee of math.stackexchange and then probably from the meta site, I found a web link (probably github link) to lots of mathjax fonts '.ttf' files for my pc. Those ...
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mathjax not rendering anywhere in firefox
Some days ago I just started to see dollar signs instead of any latex equation what should I do now
I use a windows 7 pc and I have switched my browser many times and cleared cache none of them seemed ...
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How to type =|| = in MathJax?
I want to type the following symbol (for logical equivalence):
Some editors have the command \DashvDash available, but SE's MathJax doesn't.
Alternatively, the ...
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Math numbers rendered as FaceTime phone number
In a recent answer of mine, I noticed that a chain of equations renders correctly on my laptop but incorrectly on iPad and iPhone. The iPad/iPhone treats a particular number as if it is a phone number....
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$\rm\LaTeX$ align code is not working properly.
Recently I had answered a question.
I had used the $\rm\LaTeX$ command \begin{align}...\end{align} but the equations are not perfectly aligned. This is the code I ...
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Should we write every constant upright?
This post comes out because some of my edit was rejected.
I honestly think we should use upright letter for specific mathematical constant.
For example I think $\operatorname i$ is the immaginary ...
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How can I typeset blackboard bold numbers?
How can I typeset blackboard bold numbers? What I need is simply something like $\mathbb A$ (\mathbb{A}) but with A replaced ...
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How do I delete the spacing for the equation below?
How do I delete the spacing between $\lambda_{A}$ and the parenthesis in the equation below?
$$\lambda_{A}\left(\bigcup\limits_{i=s}^{t} S_i\right)$$
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How to remove space between rows in MathJax? (Clean checkerboard pattern?)
I'm trying to draw a checkerboard (chessboard) pattern, but there is a problem.
Is it possible to draw it, such that there is no space at all, between rows and columns?
Failed attempt one: (rows and ...
