Example writing MathJax formulas

This would be MathJax basic tutorial and reference you may need frequently dealing with formulas.

Table of Contents:

• Use of $ and $$
• Superscripts and Subscripts
• Controlling the sizes
• Curly braces
• Fractions
• Appendix
  • Getting the formula from other website:
  • Greek letters
  • Injecting MathJax on webpage

Use of $ and $$

You enclose inline formulas just with $ (dollar sign):

$inline$
$$center$$

$inline$

Superscripts and Subscripts

For superscripts and subscripts, use ^ and _. For example, x_i^2 would produce $x_i^2$.

Wrap inside {} if you plan to have a complicated subscript with the superscript or vice versa.

Controlling the sizes

• \tiny{ a } => $\tiny{ a }$
• \scriptsize{ a }=>$\scriptsize{ a }$
• \small{ a } => $\small{a}$
• \normalsize{ a } => $\normalsize{a}$
• \large{ a } => $\large{a}$
• \Large{ a } => $\Large{a}$
• \LARGE{ a } => $\LARGE{a}$
• \huge{ a } => $\huge{a}$
• \Huge{ a } => $\Huge{a}$

Curly braces

For curly braces ${}$ use \{ and \}.

Curly braces are also used as teh grouping character.

Fractions

Couple ways to create fractions:

• \frac ab => $\frac ab$

It works just for the two letters, so very inconvenient.

You can use grouping using the curly braces:

• \frac{a+1}{b+1} => $\frac{a+1}{b+1}$

Another way is to use \over:

• {a+1\over b+1} => ${a+1\over b+1}$

You can also use \cfrac:

• \cfrac{a}{b} => $\cfrac{a}{b}$

Example:

x = a_0 + \cfrac{1^2}{a_1
          + \cfrac{2^2}{a_2
          + \cfrac{3^2}{a_3 + \cfrac{4^4}{a_4 + \cdots}}}}

$x = a_0 + \cfrac{1^2}{a_1 + \cfrac{2^2}{a_2 + \cfrac{3^2}{a_3 + \cfrac{4^4}{a_4 + \cdots}}}}$

Appendix

Getting the formula from other website:

Right click the formula and select Show Math As > TeX Commands.

Greek letters

Use:

• \alpha => $\alpha$
• \beta => $\beta$
• \gama => $\gamma$
• \delta => $\delta$
• \omega => $\omega$

for lowercase and

• \Gamma => $\Gamma$
• \Delta => $\Delta$
• \Omega => $\Omega$

for uppercase greek letters.

Ref: link for further investigation

Injecting MathJax on webpage

<script type="text/x-mathjax-config">
    MathJax.Hub.Config({
      tex2jax: {
        skipTags: ['script', 'noscript', 'style', 'textarea', 'pre'],
        inlineMath: [['$','$']]
      }
    });
</script>
<script src="https://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML" type="text/javascript"></script>