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Hmm, what a shame that the LaTeX content wasn't properly rendered in the linked article. When I noticed this I assumed someone had forgotten to include the MathJax JavaScript library, which, when present, converts LaTeX notation into properly rendered LaTeX client-side.

As it turns out, the MathJax library is called from the article's HTML (in line 1765), but for some reason it's not working.

A long-running debate argues that LaTeX rendering should be a default browser feature, so far without success. In the meantime MathJax works pretty well unless someone disables JavaScript client-side.

Reasonable people may differ, but not being able to render LaTeX is egregious and wrong.



Try reloading, the endpoint that loads MathJax might be a bit overloaded, but it does work.


Yes, you're right -- a reload cured it. I'm accustomed to the old Internet, where Web pages were smaller and page deliveries were more reliable.




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