How to: use LaTeX for equations

Alexander has written a hack that lets us use Latex to write equations.

Usage is fairly complex but there is a nice tutorial here:

http://www.forkosh.com/mimetextutorial.html

Use the...

probably could add that to the latex bb tag, to add names automatically, but still, i want it to work the way it is supposed to!

success, this actually finally works, its alive

Great job, Alexander!

ok, i think that this thread needs a little pointing, for those who are interested, i just finished a tutorial on Latex in the math section (sort of where its needed a bit more) so please dont hesitate and visit:
http://hypography.com/forums/physics...th-v2-0-a.html

there is also a link to latex practice grounds thread, and if you have any questions, please, please post them in the linked stickey, i want people to be able to refer to a single thread for guidance... I dunno whether i should block this thread or something, but please go to the Physics and Math section for the latex stuff...

Really just getting started with this Latex and already I've discovered a problem. I understand how to show sqrt-root but how do I show cube-root or even higher powers of this function? Any help would be appreciated.....Infy

\sqrt[3]{X} renders as

Though there are many excellent LaTeX references, I usually refer to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Formula . I don’t think it’s complete, but it’s yet to fail to answer any of my questions.

Excellent, thank you so much my friend.............................Infy

...but putting it out in the open is the only way to have the tags work?

Is that correct, or is there a way to have equations display within quotes?

p.p.s.
Thanks for the answer; I never would'a guessed that....

The backslashes get stripped when quoted. Instead of using one backslash, use two - one will be stripped, the other will remain. So, it will look like this:
\sum_q \frac{\partial}{\partial x_q}\vec{\psi} = 0 normally and

\\sum_q \\frac{\\partial}{\\partial x_q}\\vec{\\psi} = 0 in quotes. Also, if you preview your post you'll have to re-double-up the backslashes before submitting.

-modest

I would also like to say thank you CraigD for this link. It looks much better than the set of sources I was using. Very helpful.

-modest