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MathJax rendering without \(.....\)

I would like to know if I can use MathJax to render LaTeX notations without encapsulating a \(....\) around LaTeX notations. For e.g. \frac{2}{3} instead of \(\frac{2}{3}\) and if so how do I go about setting it?

Many Thanks!

Solution

  • MathJax needs some way to unambiguously delimit the mathematics on the page. If you don't use \(...\), then you have to use something else. You can configure MathJax to use any string you want, but there does have to be something. How would you expect MathJax to recognize x+1 as mathematics for example, or just the variable a? There needs to be some delimiter.