tea.mathoverflow.net - Discussion Feed (The LaTeX formatting doesn't work)

Todd Trimble comments on "The LaTeX formatting doesn't work" (21090)

2012-12-31T08:25:29-08:00

Did you try using backticks ` before and after dollar signs?

davidac897 comments on "The LaTeX formatting doesn't work" (21081)

2012-12-31T04:10:09-08:00

When I type $\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb{Q}_{\ell})$, it doesn't work. In particular, $\mathbb{Q}_{\ell}$ doesn't work but $\mathbb Q_{\ell}$ does, and $\mathrm{GL}_n$ doesn't work at all.

davidac897 comments on "The LaTeX formatting doesn't work" (21080)

2012-12-31T03:22:47-08:00

I'm still having issues: http://mathoverflow.net/questions/117715/extending-systems-of-l-adic-representations

Emil J comments on "The LaTeX formatting doesn't work" (20656)

2012-12-05T04:16:20-08:00

Or writing the underscore with a backslash.

François G. Dorais comments on "The LaTeX formatting doesn't work" (20653)

2012-12-04T19:00:39-08:00

This one is a little obscure. Sometimes underscores get interpreted as starting italics before getting sent to mathjax. The backticks hack works for issues of this kind.

davidac897 comments on "The LaTeX formatting doesn't work" (20652)

2012-12-04T18:48:26-08:00

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/115462/on-the-derived-category-of-constructible-etale-sheaves

I've had this issue in the past - I format LaTeX correctly, yet it doesn't work.