Questions tagged [mathjax]
For questions about MathJax, which is used to write mathematics on Stack Exchange sites.
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MathJax “jumbled up” in the activity tab of a user
I have noticed questions with long MathJax expression in the title get "jumbled up" when I look at the activity tab of some user - in the part listing the most recent questions and answers. (Maybe ...
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Links in comments do not work if they contain space before dollar and also square brackets inside MathJax
The format [text](url) is the standard format for using links in the comments. And it works just fine even if the text contains MathJax.
Normally, adding spaces ...
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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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When should each type of vertical bar (pipe) be used?
There are many ways to type a pipe. You could use \$|\$ ($|$), \$\vert\$ ($\vert$), \$\mid\$ ($\mid$), or just a plain | (not surrounded by dollar signs). You could also use vmatrix to indicate matrix ...
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How to cross out mathematical expressions? [duplicate]
How can I cross out a mathematical expression with a horizontal line? Thanks.
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What are your options to draw commutative diagrams on MSE? [duplicate]
I know that I asked similar questions in the past, but I still do not seem to figure it out, what the best way is to post a 'complex' diagram on this website.
Nothing seems to work, and the things ...
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What does % mean in MathJax?
I have noticed that, if I type \$100%\times x\$, I get $100%\times x$ and not $100\%\times x$.
Does % mean to ignore the following text or something like that?
I didn't find an explanation for the ...
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How to type the $\dashint$ symbol on this site? [duplicate]
How to type the symbol $\dashint$ on this site?
It looks like the following:
Thank you!
Edit:
As @Jack hinted in the comment, we may use
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Can we have something like on-the-fly conversion of equation to MathJax?
New contributors can be seen unable to use MathJax when posting questions or answering them such as here before the edit by @BPP.
Would it be nice to have something that would find things that should ...
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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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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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MathJax rendering bug on chrome/android
Somehow the subscript $a$ has migrated to the wrong vertical bar.
The question renders fine on my desktop browsers (chrome and firefox).
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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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Using TikZ on math.stackexchange
The title pretty much says it all:
How can I use TikZ when writing my math questions on this site?
I have written out my question in LaTeX using the TikZ and it took me quite some time, now I ...
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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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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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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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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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Put a link to a tutorial on the Tex in the FAQ
I have no idea how to use either of the Tex methods supported here.
How about putting a link to the instructions or a tutorial on both in the FAQ?
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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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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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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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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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How to search for a formula/expression
Suppose I want to search for instances where an expression similar to $x_n^2-x_{n-1}x_{n+1}$ shows up. How would I do that?
I suppose the question goes beyond searching MSE. Are there search engines ...
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The scope of \newcommand is the entire page
LaTeX on this site supports \newcommand and \renewcommand. This is very nice, but I noticed that the scope of these definitions ...
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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 donāt know how can I ensert the right braces using latex...
Any help is appreciated...
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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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Feature request: user script or option to turn off instant MathJax rendering
In view of the nearly unbearable slowdowns I experience while composing answers (both in Safari 5 and Firefox 5 on OS X 10.6.7) since June 21/22 I would most welcome a possibility ...
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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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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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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.
