# LaTeX maths ($…$ or $$…$$) renders as literal dollar signs

**What you are seeing**

My LaTeX maths ($…$ or $$…$$) renders as literal dollar signs.

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## Why it happens

There is no math or LaTeX plugin in the markdown pipeline.

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## What to do

Use a tikz diagram fence to typeset maths.

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## Limits that apply here

| **Limit**                  | **Value**          | **What happens**                                                                                                                                                   |
| -------------------------- | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Large-document scroll mode | 500,000 characters | Past this the document macro shows '⚠️ Large content detected. Rendering in scrollable mode.' and renders inside a fixed 1200px-high scroll box instead of inline. |

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## A few things that catch people out

* The link icon in the bordered header never renders: it is gated on a comparison that can never be true (the stored value is the URL string, not the literal 'url').
* There is no math/LaTeX support anywhere in the pipeline.

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## Related

[Mermaid diagram works in mermaid.js elsewhere but fails or looks different hereDiagrams are rendered server-side by Kroki, not by the browser mermaid library, so syntax ](https://help.gocapable.com/markdown/mermaid-diagram-works-in-mermaid-js-elsewhere-but-fails-or-looks-different-here.html)

[We configured a self-hosted diagram renderer but markdown diagrams still go through CapableThe self-hosted renderer path is currently disabled by a hard kill switch.](https://help.gocapable.com/markdown/we-configured-a-self-hosted-diagram-renderer-but-markdown-diagrams-still-go-through-capable.html)

[Everything elseThe rest of this family.](https://help.gocapable.com/markdown/everything-else.html)

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