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Enter mathematics formulas using TeX/LaTeX notation between jsMath delimiters.  
Enter mathematics formulas using TeX/LaTeX notation between jsMath delimiters.  
The jsMath delimiters are <code class="tex2math_ignore"><math>...</math></code> for inline math, and <code class="tex2math_ignore">[dmath]...[/dmath]</code> for display math.  
The jsMath delimiters are <nowiki><code class="tex2math_ignore"><math>...</math></code> for inline math, and <code class="tex2math_ignore"><dmath>...</dmath></code></nowiki> for display math.  


For example:
For example:

Revision as of 14:43, 18 June 2008

Enter mathematics formulas using TeX/LaTeX notation between jsMath delimiters. The jsMath delimiters are <code class="tex2math_ignore"><math>...</math></code> for inline math, and <code class="tex2math_ignore"><dmath>...</dmath></code> for display math.

For example:

<tbody> </tbody>
Consider the expression
       <math>\int_0^\pi \frac{1}{x^2+1} \, ds</math>.
Consider the following expression: <dmath>\int_0^\pi \frac{1}{x^2+1} \, ds</dmath>
will [math]\displaystyle{ \int_0^\pi \frac{1}{x^2+1} \, ds }[/math] in line. will display <dmath>\int_0^\pi \frac{1}{x^2+1} \, ds</dmath> in a separate line and larger type
To print the markup language as is surround it with: <nowiki>[math]\displaystyle{ ... }[/math]<nowiki>

to get <math>...</math> .

To cause jsMath to ignore a [math]\displaystyle{ ... }[/math] or <dmath>...</dmath> section, enclose the section in an HTML element with class tex2math_ignore. This can be a <div> or a <span> or whatever you like. jsMath always ignores delimiters that occur within <pre> tags.