Optimal math display

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Optimal viewing of these wiki pages: settings for reliable math fonts

The best way to view the mathematical formulas on this web site is to use jsMath. To turn on the basic form of jsmath, all you have to do is go to "my preferences" (at the top of this screen, presuming you are logged in to this wiki server), select the "Math" tab, and select "jsMath". You can get better results by downloading TeX fonts, as described at Jsmath help.

When jsmath is running (if the page being viewed has formulas) then there will be a jsMath box in the lower right corner. Clicking on that, you can then click on options. I've been using "Scale all mathematics to 110%".

If you don't turn on jsMath, you might have problems with the math v\, and a Greek \nu\, looking identical on your screen. If this happens but you don't/can't use jsMath, then try going to your Princeton wiki preferences at https://qed.princeton.edu/main/Special:Preferences, select the "Math" tab, select "Always render PNG" (for the 2cd most reliable math typsetting after jsMath), and then "Save".


LaTeX Math in Wikimedia

Wikimedia allows one to use convenient LaTeX-like commands to do high-quality typesetting of mathematics. For example,

\int_{-\infty}^\infty d \theta \, e^{-\theta^2} = \sqrt{\pi}

is generated with the command

<math> \int_{-\infty}^\infty d \theta \, e^{-\theta^2} = \sqrt{\pi} </math>

Complete info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:TeX_markup


Wiki sandbox

If you are logged in to the qed.princeton.edu wiki, you can play with wiki formatting by editing in your own sandbox, by going to your personal sandbox. You can also edit your own user page, by going to your user page. If these pages don't exist yet, these links to give you the option of starting up the wiki editor. Your user page and any subpages you create below it are viewable by other people on the internet.

One trick I previously used was to add "\," to the end of a formula to force rendering TeX with PNG instead of HTML. This insures that a math v, v\,, is distinguishable from a Greek nu, \nu\,. However, this is not needed if you use jsMath or the "Always render PNG" options in "my preferences".

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