Questions tagged [mathjax]
For questions about MathJax, which is used to write mathematics on Stack Exchange sites.
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How do I display Latex in order to be read nicely?
How do I display Latex in order to be read nicely?
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MathJax on questions display page
The MathJax only renders correctly for some of my questions on my profile page, but when I click through to the question, it will render correctly.
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Double backslashes no longer working in TeX
I was pretty sure the admins had fixed things so that two backslashes worked to insert a new line in TeX, but it no longer seems to work. Or rather, it works in the preview page, but not in the final ...
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How to read and write mathematics ?
A very basic question:
How to type mathematics correctly in this website? I am a new member.
Thanks
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where is the latex reference please [duplicate]
hi,
There is a nice pretty markdown ref but no simple quick latex reference. I looked around in the faq and on meta.
I also googled for some latex reference and some of it looks slightly different ...
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TeX math interacts with italic and bold formatting
In this answer, I noticed a math bug that looks like an interaction between the parser and the TeX system. When you have a word that starts with math and then has italics or bold later, the italics or ...
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Slow processing, different look to math processing, problem with fonts. Is it me, or is it the site?
My Firefox upgraded this morning to version 3.6.13, and I've noticed a number of striking differences; I'm wondering if it is me, or if the site has somehow also changed coincidentally at the same ...
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What plugin should I use to read math expression
I am a newbies of this site. Please, help me to read the math expressions in "non-plain" text form like this:
$$a=\left(\sum_i y_i b^{x_i}\right) / \left(\sum_i b^{2x_i}\right)$$
What addin, ...
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MathJax menu obliterates link menu when the entire link is LaTeX
When the title of a link is entirely in LaTeX, e.g. a question named on the front page such as this one, then there is no way to get the link menu (e.g. to copy the url) since the MathJaX menu applies ...
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Strange layout bug when line breaks at end of LaTeX
In my post here some LaTeX renders ok in the preview but incorrectly renders as "12eeeb8e-4fdb-47bf-abc4-2b56e87c5903" in the posted answer. Does anyone see what's wrong and/or how to workaround it?
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Why does the latex-code for questions on MSE sometimes not work for questions on MO?
Perhaps there's something wrong with my computer or mathoverflow, but I just would like to point out that I can't just copy my question from MSE to MO. When I do that, the Latex sometimes does not ...
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Can you copy paste tex code from the question without going the “view source” route?
I have searched for this but did not find anything relevant.
I was wondering if I can just copy latex code from the OPs question while typing my answer without looking at the html source code in my ...
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Command for strict inclusion does not render [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Please enable AMSsymbols extension for MathJax
I typed the command \subsetneq in an answer a few moments ago and it didn't render : the output just reproduced the command in ...
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TeX beth symbol missing [duplicate]
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Tex \implies symbol does not work
In this post I cannot get the TeX symbol $\beth$ to work. I checked and the symbol does work on MathOverflow, so it may just be a ...
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Tex \implies symbol does not work
I needed couple of times to use the \implies symbol (which is basically a double lined right arrow). It works in Mathoverflow.net, but here it doesn't work: $\implies$.
Any suggestions?
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The \not\mid symbol is not working well
I have seen a lot of issues regarding LaTeX being posted here and very recently i have noted one LaTeX. The \not\mid Symbol is not showing properly. It's showing like this: $p \not\mid q$. You may ...
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Show LaTeX syntax in “How to Format” box
I think you need to show the syntax for LaTeX formatting in the "How to Format" box when writing a question or answer. I just mean showing how to surround in $ or <...
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Please enable AMSsymbols extension for MathJax
Please enable the AMSsymbols extensionfor MathJax. The lack of this extension has led to several independent bug reports.
The \not\mid symbol is not working well
Tex \implies symbol does not work
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In the preview, the number of dollar signs doubles every time a formula is used
On Chrome and Firefox under Ubuntu, I get the following strange behavior:
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Will MathJax render LaTeX in a username?
Is MathJax only applied to Q&A parts of a page or will it also get rendered in displayed user names?
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Preview eats first and last $ so ignores displaystyle
The preview appears to be eating the first and last dollarsigns in double dollarsigned expressions hence causing displaystyle expressions to be ignored, e.g. see here
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Latex rendering error
At least for myself and the original poster, the thread at
Finding roots of polynomials, negative square root
does not render correctly. From OPs post:
"yep tried reloading a few times, the ...
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Allow TeXification in <code> tags.
Some special characters, e.g. *, _ and \ have special meaning in Markdown syntax, but these ...
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Different behavior in parsing LaTeX code in the previewer and in the saved post
I posted this answer a few minutes ago. After the display, I had written $\int_E f\\,d\mu$ to get the thin space; the previewer parsed it correctly (and parsed it ...
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TeX formatting in other comments in the same post is lost when the comment list is updated
If there's any TeX formatting in comments of a post, after you add a comment to that post, or click "add / show n more comments", all formulae are reverted to $...$....
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Re-render MathJax in comments
A couple of months ago, Kaestur Hakarl wrote a comment in Feedback on MathJax TeX rendering which didn't receive enough attention:
... Is it possible for the re-rendering pass to also cover ...
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Matrices not rendered correctly
See e.g. here. I tried both \begin{pmatrix}... and \begin{array}{cc}....
edit Reading the answers, the problem turns out to be ...
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Are the formulas not parsing in 64-bit Chrome or is it just me?
I don't see any formulas, just a white "placeholder" on the 64-bit version of Google Chrome. I have this problem at the university (with Chrome 64-bit as well). Is this coincidence or is there ...
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Underscore formatting bug, excited (maybe) by subscripts of nothing. [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Matrices not rendered correctly
I'm trying to display old-style notations for combinations, that is, ${}_nC_r$ for the thing now typically written $n\choose r$. To get the "$...
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Where do I learn the standard syntax used on this site?
There seems to be a standard set of mathematical symbols used on the site. Where is the best resource to learning what each is equal to? I'm thinking sort of like in programming where when I learn a ...
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Feedback on MathJax TeX rendering
NOTE: I am locking this question to make sure that people who have problems with the MathJax TeX rendering post their issue as a new question, rather than an answer here.
(This question was put up ...
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LaTeX not rendering?
LaTeX seems to not be rendering at the moment.
Is this just me? (Chrome on 64-bit Linux)
Can we have a 'regenerate TeX' button like at MathOverflow?
Maybe even a 'render source' button or GET option ...
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Misplaced backslashes
I left a comment at Strict ordering on natural numbers but as you can see it says "Misplaced \\". I'm no more allowed to edit it myself, I don't know why. Can someone correct it please? Thanks.
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How to learn MathJax?
I learn MathJax by looking at the source of a formula, whether it's here or in MathJax website. However, if the symbol I need cannot be found on the formulas I can find, then I'm stuck.
Any idea/ ...
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LaTeX preview should do a live update
Having to wait several seconds for LaTeX preview each time makes it very difficult to write posts that have a lot of typeset mathematics - it would be a big improvement make the updates live.
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Editing a comment containing formulae will mangle the formulae
Somewhat of a duplicate of http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/419/editing-a-question-containing-formulae-will-remove-the-formulae.
I reposted the question because the previous one
- had a ...
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Math in comments gets doubled up when you edit [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Editing a comment containing formulae will mangle the formulae
(This question appears subjective and is likely to be closed :-))
Steps to reproduce:
Find a post with not too ...
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MathJax conflict with NoScript [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Tex broken for me…
Hi all,
I have been using NoScript on Firefox. Even though I allow all the Javascripts in math.SE page to load, all the equations cannot be rendered ...
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LaTeX rendering delay
I experience a delay of about 5-10 seconds when I edit a question with math markup in https://math.stackexchange.com/.
However, there is no such delay in https://mathoverflow.net/.
Is there any ...
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Enabling mathjax on SE sites
I apologize for hijacking a meta.math thread here, but it was suggested to me that I ask this question on this forum. I'm involved with the theoretical computer science SE site (cstheory.stackexchange....
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Tex broken for me…
I keep getting [math processing error] in bright red, everywhere on the site all the time and, while it has been amusing trying to read the raw tex code before mathjax ruins it for me, this is ...
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Choice to turn off TeX on the main page
It's really annoying that TeX is rendered outside of questions. On MO, we realized this and turned it off for the question list and main page. Since the SE overlords have more control, perhaps they ...
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Math markup, diagrams, etc. — pointers please
Feeling a bit dumb as I plunge into math.stackexchange.com after many years away from the world of mathematics, but can somebody please provide a very quick tutorial -- list of reference pointers ...
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Editing a question containing formulae will remove the formulae
Test it. Comment here with a formula. Reload the site. Edit. Note you'd have to retype the formulae.
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Feature request: LaTeX preview
I would like to be able to preview my LaTeX when typing my answers and questions!
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Feedback on Google Charts for TeX processing
We have implemented google charts TeX processing based on John Gietzen's grease monkey script which from our perspective works pretty well. There are a few advantages to using google charts:
They ...
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How to make the ⇒ sign with Google Chart's TeX?
I tried the following:
⇒ but I get $⇒$
\implies but I get $\implies$
\Rightlongarrow but I ...
