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MediaWiki uses TeX markup for mathematical formulae. It generates either PNG images or simple HTML markup, depending on user preferences and the complexity of the expression. In the future, as more browsers are smarter, it will be able to generate enhanced HTML or even MathML in many cases.

Math markup goes inside <math> ... </math>. The edit toolbar has a button for this.

MediaWiki templates, variables and parameters cannot be used within math tags.

The PNG images are black on white (not transparent). These colors, as well as font sizes and types, are independent of browser settings or css. Font sizes and types will often deviate from what HTML renders. The css selector of the images is img.tex.

In the case of a non-white page background, the white background of the formula effectively highlights it, which can be an advantage or a disadvantage.

One may want to avoid using TeX markup as part of a line of regular text, as the formulae don't align properly and the font size, as said, usually does not match.

The alt attribute of the TeX images (the text that is displayed if your browser can't display images; Internet Explorer even shows it up in the hover box) is the wikitext that produced them, excluding the <math> and </math>.

Discussion, bug reports and feature requests should go to the Wikitech-l mailing list. These can also be filed on Mediazilla under MediaWiki extensions.

General

Spaces and newlines are ignored. Apart from function and operator names, as is customary in mathematics for variables, letters are in italics; digits are not. For other text, to avoid being rendered in italics like variables, use \mbox: <math>\mbox{abc}</math> gives <math>\mbox{abc}</math>

Line breaks help keep the wikitext clear, for instance, a line break after each term or matrix row.

Functions, symbols, special characters

For producing special characters without math tags, see Help:Special characters.

Comparison:

• &alpha; gives α, <math>\alpha</math> gives <math>\alpha</math> ("&" and ";" vs. "\", in this case the same code word "alpha"
• &radic;2 gives √2, <math>\sqrt{2}</math> gives <math>\sqrt{2}</math> (the same difference as above, but also another code word, "radic" vs. "sqrt"; in TeX braces)
• &radic;(1-''e''&sup2;) gives √(1-e²), <math>\sqrt{1-e^2}</math> gives <math>\sqrt{1-e^2}</math> (parentheses vs. braces, "''e''" vs. "e", "&sup2;" vs. "^2")

Subscripts, superscripts, integrals

Fractions, matrices, multilines

{|
|-
|<math>f(n+1)</math>
|<math>=(n+1)^2</math>
|-
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|<math>=n^2 + 2n + 1</math>
|}

Fonts

Parenthesizing big expressions, brackets, bars

You can use various delimiters with \left and \right:

Spacing

Note that TeX handles most spacing automatically, but you may sometimes want manual control.

Align with normal text flow

Due to the default css

img.tex { vertical-align: middle; }

an inline expression like <math>\int_{-N}^{N} e^x\, dx</math> should look good.

If you need to align it otherwise, use <font style="vertical-align:-100%;"><math>...</math></font> and play with the vertical-align argument until you get it right; however, how it looks may depend on the browser and the browser settings.

Forced PNG rendering

To force the formula to render as PNG, add \, (small space) at the end of the formula (where it is not rendered). This will force PNG if the user is in "HTML if simple" mode, but not for "HTML if possible" mode (math rendering settings in preferences).

You can also use \,\! (small space and negative space, which cancel out) anywhere inside the math tags. This does force PNG even in "HTML if possible" mode, unlike \,.

This could be useful to keep the rendering of formulae in a proof consistent, for example, or to fix formulae that render incorrectly in HTML (at one time, a^{2+2} rendered with an extra underscore), or to demonstrate how something is rendered when it would normally show up as HTML (as in the examples above).

For instance:

This has been tested with most of the formulae on this page, and seems to work perfectly.

You might want to include a comment in the HTML so people don't "correct" the formula by removing it:

<!-- The \,\! is to keep the formula rendered as PNG instead of HTML. Please don't remove it.-->

• General help for editing a Wiki page
• How to enter equations for a Wiki page
• Sample TeX equations

Examples

<math>x_1 = a^2 + b^2 + c^2</math>

<math>x_1 = a^2 + b^2 + c^2 </math>

<math>x_{1,55}=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}</math>

<math>x_{1,2}=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}</math>

<math>\left(3-x\right) \times \left( \frac{2}{3-x} \right) = \left(3-x\right) \times \left( \frac{3}{2-x} \right)</math>

<math>\left(3-x\right) \times \left( \frac{2}{3-x} \right) =
\left(3-x\right) \times \left( \frac{3}{2-x} \right)</math>

<math>2 = \left( \frac{\left(3-x\right) \times 3}{2-x} \right)</math>

<math>2 = \left( \frac{\left(3-x\right) \times 3}{2-x} \right)</math>

<math>4-2x = 9-3x \!</math>

<math>4-2x = 9-3x \!</math>

<math>-2x+3x = 9-4 \!</math>

<math>-2x+3x = 9-4 \!</math>

<math>\int_a^x \int_a^s f(y)\,dy\,ds = \int_a^x (y)(x-y)\,dy\,</math>

<math>\int_a^x \int_a^s f(y)\,dy\,ds = \int_a^x f(y)(x-y)\,dy\,</math>

<math>\sum_{m=1}^\infty\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{m^2\,n}{3^m\left(m\,3^n+n\,3^m\right)}</math>

<math>\sum_{m=1}^\infty\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{m^2\,n}
{3^m\left(m\,3^n+n\,3^m\right)}</math>

<math>u + p(x)u' + q(x)u=f(x),\,\,\,x>a</math>

<math>u'' + p(x)u' + q(x)u=f(x),\,\,\,x>a</math>

<math>|\bar{z}| = |z|, |(\bar{z})^n| = |z|^n, \arg(z^n) = n \arg(z)\,</math>

<math>|\bar{z}| = |z|, |(\bar{z})^n| = |z|^n, \arg(z^n) = n \arg(z)\,</math>

<math>\lim_{z\rightarrow z_0} f(z)=f(z_0)\,</math>

<math>\lim_{z\rightarrow z_0} f(z)=f(z_0)\,</math>

<math>\phi_n(\kappa) = \frac{1}{4\pi^2\kappa^2} \int_0^\infty \frac{\sin(\kappa R)}{\kappa R} \frac{\partial}{\partial R}\left[R^2\frac{\partial D_n(R)}{\partial R}\right]\,dR\,</math>

<math>\phi_n(\kappa) = \frac{1}{4\pi^2\kappa^2} \int_0^\infty
\frac{\sin(\kappa R)}{\kappa R} \frac{\partial}{\partial R}\left[R^2\frac{\partial
D_n(R)}{\partial R}\right]\,dR\,</math>

<math>\int_0^\infty x^\alpha \sin(x)\,dx = 2^\alpha \sqrt{\pi}\, \frac{\Gamma(\frac{\alpha}{2}+1)}{\Gamma(\frac{1}{2}-\frac{\alpha}{2})}\,</math>
 
<math>\int_0^\infty x^\alpha \sin(x)\,dx = 2^\alpha \sqrt{\pi}\,
\frac{\Gamma(\frac{\alpha}{2}+1)}{\Gamma(\frac{1}{2}-\frac{\alpha}{2})}\,</math>

<math>\phi_n(\kappa) = 0.033C_n^2\kappa^{-11/3},\,\,\,\frac{1}{L_0}<\!\!<\kappa<\!\!<\frac{1}{l_0}\,</math>

<math>\phi_n(\kappa) = 
0.033C_n^2\kappa^{-11/3},\,\,\,\frac{1}{L_0}<\!\!<\kappa<\!\!<\frac{1}{l_0}\,</math>

<math>f(x) = {a_0\over 2} + \sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n\cos\left({2n\pi x \over T}\right) + b_n\sin\left({2n\pi x\over T}\right)\,</math>

<math>f(x) = {a_0\over 2} + \sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n\cos\left({2n\pi x \over T}\right) +
b_n\sin\left({2n\pi x\over T}\right)\,</math>

<math>f(x) = \begin{cases}1 & -1 \le x < 0\\
\frac{1}{2} & x = 0\\x&0<x\le 1\end{cases}</math>

f(x) = \begin{cases}1 & -1 \le x < 0\\
\frac{1}{2} & x = 0\\x&0<x\le 1\end{cases}

<math>\Gamma(z) = \int_0^\infty e^{-t} t^{z-1} \,dt\,</math>

<math>\Gamma(z) = \int_0^\infty e^{-t} t^{z-1} \,dt\,</math>

<math>J_p(z) = \sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{(-1)^k\left(\frac{z}{2}\right)^{2k+p}}{k!\Gamma(k+p+1)}\,</math>

<math>J_p(z) = \sum_{k=0}^\infty
\frac{(-1)^k\left(\frac{z}{2}\right)^{2k+p}}{k!\Gamma(k+p+1)}\,</math>

<math>{}_pF_q(a_1,...,a_p;c_1,...,c_q;z) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{(a_1)_n\cdot\cdot\cdot(a_p)_n}{(c_1)_n\cdot\cdot\cdot(c_q)_n}\frac{z^n}{n!}\,</math>

 <math>{}_pF_q(a_1,...,a_p;c_1,...,c_q;z) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty
\frac{(a_1)_n\cdot\cdot\cdot(a_p)_n}{(c_1)_n\cdot\cdot\cdot(c_q)_n}\frac{z^n}{n!}\,</math>

<math>\Gamma(n+1) = n \Gamma(n),  \; n>0</math>

<math>\Gamma(n+1) = n \Gamma(n),  \; n>0</math>

<math>\int_0^1 \frac{1}{\sqrt{-\ln x}} dx\,</math>

<math>\int_0^1 \frac{1}{\sqrt{-\ln x}} dx\,</math>

<math>\int_0^\infty e^{-st}t^{x-1}\,dt,\,\,\,s>0\,</math>

<math>\int_0^\infty e^{-st}t^{x-1}\,dt,\,\,\,s>0\,</math>

<math>B(u) = \sum_{k=0}^N {P_k}{N! \over k!(N - k)!}{u^k}(1 - u)^{N-k}\,</math>

<math>B(u) = \sum_{k=0}^N {P_k}{N! \over k!(N - k)!}{u^k}(1 - 
u)^{N-k}\,</math>

<math>u(x,y) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_0^\infty f(\xi)\left[g(|x+\xi|,y)+g(|x-\xi|,y)\right]\,d\xi\,</math>

<math>u(x,y) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_0^\infty 
f(\xi)\left[g(|x+\xi|,y)+g(|x-\xi|,y)\right]\,d\xi\,</math>

See also

• Typesetting of mathematical formulas
• Proposed GNU LilyPond support
• w:en:Table of mathematical symbols
• blahtex: a LaTeX to MathML converter for Wikipedia or Blahtex

External Links

• A LaTeX tutorial. http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer/
• A document introducing TeX -- see page 39 onwards for a good introduction to the maths side of things: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/gentle/gentle.pdf
• A PDF document introducing LaTeX -- skip to page 59 for the math section. See page 72 for a complete reference list of symbols included in LaTeX and AMS-LaTeX. http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/english/lshort.pdf
• TeX reference card: http://www.csit.fsu.edu/~mimi/tex/tex-refcard-letter.pdf
• http://www.ams.org/tex/amslatex.html
• A set of public domain fixed-size math symbol bitmaps: http://us.metamath.org/symbols/symbols.html

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