# AnkiWeb fails to render MathJax

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-fails-to-render-mathjax/1812>\
**Category:** Card Design\
**Created:** [August 4, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-fails-to-render-mathjax/1812 "2020-08-04T03:18:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/123/32/941_2.png) [@123](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/123)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-fails-to-render-mathjax/1812/1 "2020-08-04T03:18:22Z")

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Although cards with MathJax content can render perfectly fine in Anki Desktop on macOS, when those cards are studied via AnkiWeb on a mobile device, the MathJax literally displays as “(z^{(l)}\_j)”

I decided to switch to MathJax because the documentation says: “LaTeX . . . is only recommended for users that need more features than MathJax provides.” It also says: “MathJax is a browser-based typesetting system.” I am using Safari on iOS 13.

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**Author:** ![abdo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/abdo/32/654_2.png) [@abdo](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/abdo)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-fails-to-render-mathjax/1812/2 "2020-08-04T03:42:02Z")

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I don’t think MathJax is supported in AnkiWeb. But see [https://www.reddit.com/r/Anki/comments/9i8emh/is\_there\_any\_way\_to\_use\_mathjax\_on\_ankiweb/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Anki/comments/9i8emh/is_there_any_way_to_use_mathjax_on_ankiweb/)

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**Author:** ![123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/123/32/941_2.png) [@123](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/123)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-fails-to-render-mathjax/1812/3 "2020-08-04T03:58:15Z")

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Huh. Well I stumbled upon that but reallllly didn’t want to try it. Seems like it worked though. Thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![ArthurMilchior](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/arthurmilchior/32/4684_2.png) [@ArthurMilchior](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ArthurMilchior)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-fails-to-render-mathjax/1812/4 "2020-08-12T01:59:18Z")

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I agree that it would make sens to render it on ankiweb as everywhere else

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankiweb-fails-to-render-mathjax/1812/5 "2023-05-01T07:44:07Z")

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