# Recommended math(jax) use

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/recommended-math-jax-use/9944>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [May 5, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/recommended-math-jax-use/9944 "2025-05-05T21:40:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![iaw4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/iaw4/32/5737_2.png) [@iaw4](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/iaw4)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/recommended-math-jax-use/9944/1 "2025-05-05T21:40:57Z")

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I am about to write my first markdown page that includes math (for mathjax rendering). I can’t have pandoc format the markdown to html for me, because it still requires a Jekyll template.

I know that there are a few ways to piece the math components together, but because I am starting, I would love something recommended and definitive. Where do I find the simplest recommended instructions to embed mathjax in my document, and an example document to check that I have set it right?

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**Author:** ![george-gca](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/george-gca/32/5301_2.png) [@george-gca](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/george-gca)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/recommended-math-jax-use/9944/2 "2025-05-10T02:40:32Z")

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Our solution for this involved the following:

> <https://github.com/alshedivat/al-folio/blob/main/assets/js/mathjax-setup.js>

> <https://github.com/alshedivat/al-folio/blob/58f4e02ab0a9a786ddd49d47c62921b25f076d06/_includes/scripts.liquid#L200-L207>

> <https://github.com/alshedivat/al-folio/blob/58f4e02ab0a9a786ddd49d47c62921b25f076d06/_includes/scripts.liquid#L209-L214>

Example document: [page](https://alshedivat.github.io/al-folio/blog/2015/math/), [source](https://github.com/alshedivat/al-folio/blob/main/_posts/2015-10-20-math.md?plain=1).