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Which Stack Exchange sites use MathJax?

As the title says, I could use an exhaustive list of all Stack Exchange sites that use MathJax. If the list included any site-specific customizations made to the MathJax configuration on each site, ...
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1 answer
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Globally Enable MathJax

MathJax seems to be enabled on some sites and not others. Whilst I appreciate that it's definitely more useful on some sites than others, there are times where one might want to use it basically ...
168 votes
5 answers
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How can I write a math formula in a post?

I want to ask something that contains a mathematical formula. How can I write the equation? Is there a page that shows the syntax? I thought there must be some syntax like in Wikipedia or ...
8 votes
1 answer
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How about adding MathJax to Hot Questions on stackexchange.com?

Almost always in Hot Questions on the StackExchange.com site there are questions from Math.SE, so I think it would be so much better to have these questions rendered correctly instead of reading the ...
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1 answer
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How can I write special symbols in a Stack Overflow question? [duplicate]

I would like to know if is there any link or documentation which explains how to write special symbols. An example from Math.SE, like a pow or something, is this: And so on... Sometimes people edit ...
6 votes
1 answer
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How can I display mathematical formulas on sites that don't support MathJax/LaTeX?

I want to ask a question on Web Applications about the usage of mathematical formulas with WolframAlpha. Certain Stack Exchange sites include support for MathJax/LaTex formatting, which allows for ...
-7 votes
1 answer
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LaTeX doesn't work [closed]

LaTeX is not working just now. I posted this question, and the LaTeX code is plainly rendered as ASCII. R: There is a more elegant/efficient way of writing this? (possibly a duplicate of this one ...
141 votes
10 answers
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Adding support for math notation [duplicate]

Every once in a while I miss having the option to write some LaTeX math on SO. E.g. when talking about automata. I'm certainly not the only one. And I think the person answering this question would ...
23 votes
3 answers
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Area51 / SE 2.0 site-specific script support (such as LaTeX) in beta-phase

While equation markups are seldom needed on S[OFU], it is absolutely essential on many science-based SE 2.0 sites e.g. Mathematics, Statistical Analysis, Physics, etc. Unicode art is not enough for ...
0 votes
1 answer
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How do you use TeX on Stack Overflow? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Latex in Stack Overflow? I've been trying to figure out how to add TeX equations to my posts on SO. Can anyone tell me how to do that, and give an example?
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Why isn't mathjax supported? [duplicate]

I suppose the question is pretty self explanatory. I can think of a plethora of examples (discussing mathematical algorithms: applied math: analysis of a problem, etc...) where math formatting would ...
1 vote
3 answers
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I can't read math [duplicate]

...and I doubt many other people can too. For the sake of tidyness, perhaps placeholders could be used, so that looks like this instead?
18 votes
2 answers
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LaTeX on Stack Overflow for dummies

I know that some of you have to feel like Phil Connors in Groundhog Day because it is asked so often, but I really don't get it: Why isn't there a common way of using LaTeX in Stack Overflow? First ...
1 vote
0 answers
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How to type math equations in the post? [duplicate]

I tried my best to find an example of how to post a math equation on Stack Overflow, but nothing worked. I'm familiar with LaTeX though. I found some people are saying you just need to add your ...
29 votes
1 answer
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Are we still at the stage where we are unwilling to consider math markup on SO

The main Q&A on this (here's one, and another one, and of course this one all seem to be 3+ years old. I'd accept that this question is a duplicate of this question which seems to have ...

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