Math formulas may displayed on Wikia pages using a built in <math> tag found in MediaWiki, the software Wikia runs on. This tag is enabled by default and can be used across all wikias. For the technically inclined, MediaWiki uses a subset of AMS-LaTeX markup, a superset of LaTeX markup which is in turn a superset of TeX markup, for mathematical formulae.
Step-by-Step
- You need to first be in source editing mode on an article.
- You must use the following format: <math> math to be displayed </math>.
- For more exacting details on the math to be displayed section see this article on Wikipedia.
Simple example
3 x 2 = 6 can be displayed as <math>{3 ~ \times ~ 2 ~ = ~ 6}</math> to generate
Notes
- Large formulas may become wider than the page width allowed by Wikia' wikis and will overlap the right hand side-rail information, if your math formula is near the top of the page you wish to use.
- One solution is to place the formula inside of a simple basic table, with no borders or anything.
- Tables, that get to wide, will show the Pop-Out button, so that the whole table can be seen.
Here is an example:
{|
| <math> math formula goes here </math>
|}
- In-line formulae often have poor vertical alignment relative to the rest of the text. A work-around is described here.
See also
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