[LON-CAPA-admin] Best practice for latex math entry?

[Moore, Nathan T]

That syntax resolved the student's problem.  Thanks Mark.

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Nathan Moore, PhD
Physics, Winona State University

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Nathan,

My understanding is that proper LaTex is <m>$y=x^2$</m>

Another option for something of this simplicity would be the algebra tag:

<algebra>y=x^2</algebra>

The algebra tag may simply do the same as <m>$  $</m> under the hood.
I’m not sure.

Mark

> On Jan 15, 2019, at 3:24 PM, Moore, Nathan T <nmoore at winona.edu> wrote:
> 
> Which of these is best practice when it comes to typesetting math in a 
> loncapa problem
> 
> <m>$y=x^2$</m>
> Or
> <m> y=x^2 </m>
> 
> Or something else?
> 
> I have a few students for whom the second form doesn't seem to render 
> properly
> 
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> Physics, Winona State University
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