Math for the Masses
Odd as it may sound, I miss all the equations from my days in grad school, so I decided that what WordPress.com needed most was a hot, niche feature that maybe 17 people would use regularly:
For those that don’t know, is a typesetting system particularly well suited for documents of a mathematical persuasion. It’s used almost exclusively by many technical, scientific and mathematical disciplines both in academia and industry. It also looks really good; I, among many, consider Donald E. Knuth a personal hero.
For those that do know, it’s now ridiculously easy to include inline formulas in your blog posts.
The syntax is reminiscent of ‘s inline math mode: $latex your-latex-code-here$
, and it allows you to produce most any equation. For example, the following code
$latex i\hbar\frac{\partial}{\partial t}\left|\Psi(t)\right>=H\left|\Psi(t)\right>$
yields
.
Pretty sweet, huh?
To further whet your appetite, these few standards show a bit more about what’s now possible on WordPress.com.
UPDATE: There’s a new LaTeX on WordPress.com FAQ entry that describes the “hidden” size and color options.
- February 17, 2007
Neat 🙂
That will get the geeks around busy for a while!
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OH MY GOODNESS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH WP!!!
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Outstanding! Until I saw this note, I thought the only way I could get equations in posts was to do ’em in LaTeX, make a pdf, create an image file, and insert the image file. Now I can do it in native LaTeX.
Thanks.
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as a grad school of economic student, its a pretty good typesetting.
good job.
thanks load!
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nice addition…
but i think i will not use it for a long time (maybe forever) hehehe…
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This. is. so. hot.
I would encourage folks to try out TeX or LaTeX for document composition as well- it produced unmatched typographical coolness.
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You wanna scare me???
That´s serious?
OUT OUT!! http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/desktop_diversions/images/dilbert_demons_800x600.jpg
Anyway, you´re all doing quite nice -sometimes kinda ‘geeky’- stuff… but keep on , doing so!
Greeting from Germany MIC
unintended purposes, ya know ?! 😉
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Great! Before retiring I was a mathematician for the Air Force. We used LaTex in producing technical reports. Not that I write that many equations any more though.
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Thank you so much.
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Math? Math?!NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wasn’t it Beavis and Butthead that said…”man I hate numbers there are too many of them”
Make them go away!
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u guys are amazing. One cool feature after another…only if you’d allow javascript or some other way to earn money only in the sidebar that’d just be all I ever needed.
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Wow.
That’s really cool. Not something I’d ever use in my blog, but still cool.
(OMG, am I that much of a geek????)
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I’ll just get right on that you guys, now I can show that troll (who implied I was stupid and a pig) how smart I am by making use of this at fracas.
LOL.
Seriously… I’m sure it’ll be more than 17 people who’ll use this. There’s got to be at least 29.
😉
Keep up the good work.
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oh whata surprise !!!!!
thx
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That is pretty sweet. Now, I just have figure out a way to get this into my blog. I’m thinking stats perhaps… 😉
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Well done, guys!
Always improving 🙂
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I wish I could say I knew what that equation meant. It seems really sweet for people who could use that, though.
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you dudes are awesome, not that i’d have any use for it, but its a very diverse feature, keep em coming!
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Awesome! Thanks!
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LOL………..
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Yes, now I can post all those math jokes I’ve been yearning to post! My new niche–the humor math blog!
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Wow, if i ever want to show someone how far i’d throw my , i’d use this for calculation
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That’s amazing! Finally I can write about important stuff! 😉
But what would really be nice: Latex in comments, too. So we can have geeky math talk.
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yeah. that would be really useful sharing homework with your buddies. lol
yes, mr.knuth im gonna add you up in my “hero” list as well… no. your consent’s not required. 😀
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This feature is definitely COOL.
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can’t wait to try this out!
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What are the chances of seeing this in WordPress 2.2? Or is this a .com only thing?
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Haha, this would be really useful if I posted my homework on my blog :p
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robertaccettura,
There is a plugin for the self-hosted version of WordPress that does LaTeX. It’s implementation is different than what we do here on WodPress.com, but the end results are about the same.
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This is a math major’s dream. Thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you!!
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Looks like more than 17 people are interested already.
I hope some of these people come back to alert us to where they’ve used the feature.
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Cool 😉
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Great! I’ll never use this since the operands I use are primarily +/-*….
So when do we get email blogging?
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This is indeed good news, for uhmm, although i thin kit’s easier to learn differential calculs than LaTeX
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Interesting…..i dunno if i will ever use it….but really interesting….
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Excellent. Not that I expect I’ll be using this feature regularly. But I like that I could 😉
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Best. Feature. Ever.
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Woohoo can now explain the pain in the ass maths questions from my homework on the net!
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Very nice.
To make it even better: use img as a backup for browser-based MathML rendering
And maybe also allow for MathML input
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Very nice! You guys rock!!!
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That’s SO amazing! I think of uploading my thesis in chapters now 😛
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Super. This will keep me busy for a long while, but then less busy in the long run.
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Eeeeeek – maths formula – hides …………
Looks neat though!
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Sweet!
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Amazing. Thanks for the plugin link too.
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yeah, thats cool:)
Thx people!
Now I can blog about my university math problems and hope someone helps me;)
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nice. well, kind of. as a former english major, my first inclination is to say BAH!! and GO AWAY!! but as a former MBA student who did “ok” in finance and economics, i can say, “well, that’s something i can’t figure out (but sure do wish i could).”
🙂
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WP is Amazing
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Nice tool! Thnx!
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Although I don’t understand the equation at all. I still think its a good step forward !!
Well done !!
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Looks like the masses are happy.
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Something I will never need to use. 🙂
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As a mere high school math teacher in the inner city we don’t use those symbols much, nay ever. But my math degree, which lies comatose in my mind, sings with the inherent niftyness. Thanks.
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Brilliant and killer! Thanks for providing this important, if esoteric, feature.
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That’s what i’ve missed since I use WordPress!
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dude, this is the shizzle! thanks! it works very well.
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My brain just exploded.
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uh……
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Thanks, I needed that.
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Perfect timing, I need this for something due tuesdauy.
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I love it! Finally i can share my advanced mathematic ideas with all the world!
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cool .. might come in handy later on .. are there any tutorials on syntaxes usage !!!
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Thats a wonderful application!!
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cool~
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You guys rock! 🙂 I don’t know if I ever have to use it (probably I will anyway – just because I can:)) but knowing it’s here feels really cool:)
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I can feel myself going weak at the knees.
Yes I am an unashamable geek. Perhaps now I can use my blog to explain mathematical principles for people. I look forward to seeing this introduced.
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Thanks for providing features for people who know what they are. There is no reason we should all think alike or even want to.
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Man I became dizzy with these formulas
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I think I will use this around once, but I’m still very glad it exists.
thanks
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Even though there is a plugin for this, my vote is on making it a part of the default wordpress installation.
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Does this feature now include the other non-math syntax of LaTeX? Because I’m using LaTeX to typeset my book. It would be nice to do similar things, or at least test them, on a blog.
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Outstanding!
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hope i won’t need it, but if i should be unlucky, that’s really great news
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ah… i refuse to learn this.
hmpF~
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Excellent WP boys 😉
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Is there a way to make it work in comments?
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Damn, I just had a geek-gasm. Now I won’t have to manually equations and upload them as pdfs…not that I’ve ever or anything…
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Do you think you’ll release this as a plugin in its own right?
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thats wierd
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simply put, WOW!
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Cool, people!
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Recently I wrote article about inserting Latex code with some external code generator which require typing code after certain URL, but now the nightmare is over.
Thanks!
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MATH! ARGH!!
I am sure that is impressive but I think my brain just exploded…
Lol
Congrats!
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This is really cool!
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Incredible! What a great idea!
Now I must write a mathematics-related post…
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Awesome!
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Umm, first I have to get past geometry!
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Well i’ll sum it up in one word…absolutelyconfusingbutpretycoolforthegeeks
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I think I may be allergic to latex.
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