Math

Mathematical notation rendered with KaTeX. Fast, beautiful, supports nearly all standard LaTeX commands.

Inline and block

Inline math: wrap with single $.

The area of a circle is $A = \pi r^2$.

The area of a circle is $A = \pi r^2$.

Block math: wrap with double $$.

$$
E = mc^2
$$

Block math is centered and gets its own paragraph. Inline math flows with the surrounding text.

Common syntax

Fractions

$\frac{a}{b}$
$\frac{x+1}{x-1}$
$\dfrac{1}{2}$  → display-style (always large)
$\tfrac{1}{2}$  → text-style (always small)

$\frac{a}{b}$, $\frac{x+1}{x-1}$, $\dfrac{1}{2}$, $\tfrac{1}{2}$

Exponents and subscripts

$x^2$            → x squared
$x_i$            → x subscript i
$x_i^2$          → both
$x^{2n+1}$       → multi-character exponent (use braces)

$x^2$, $x_i$, $x_i^2$, $x^{2n+1}$

Roots

$\sqrt{x}$
$\sqrt[3]{x}$
$\sqrt[n]{x+y}$

$\sqrt{x}$, $\sqrt[3]{x}$, $\sqrt[n]{x+y}$

Greek letters

$\alpha, \beta, \gamma, \delta, \epsilon$
$\pi, \sigma, \theta, \omega$
$\Gamma, \Delta, \Pi, \Sigma, \Omega$  → uppercase

$\alpha, \beta, \gamma, \delta, \epsilon, \pi, \sigma, \theta, \omega$

Sums, products, integrals

$\sum_{i=1}^{n} x_i$
$\prod_{i=1}^{n} x_i$
$\int_0^1 x^2 \, dx$
$\iint_D f(x,y) \, dx \, dy$
$\lim_{x \to \infty} f(x)$

$\sum_{i=1}^{n} x_i$, $\prod_{i=1}^{n} x_i$, $\int_0^1 x^2 \, dx$, $\lim_{x \to \infty} f(x)$

Matrices

$$
\begin{pmatrix}
a & b \\
c & d
\end{pmatrix}
$$

$\begin{pmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{pmatrix}$

Matrix variants: pmatrix (parens), bmatrix (brackets), Bmatrix (braces), vmatrix (single bars), Vmatrix (double bars).

Aligned equations

$$
\begin{aligned}
x + y &= 10 \\
x - y &= 4 \\
2x &= 14 \\
x &= 7
\end{aligned}
$$

$\begin{aligned} x + y &= 10 \\ x - y &= 4 \\ 2x &= 14 \\ x &= 7 \end{aligned}$

The & aligns the equations; in this case, all on the equals sign.

Cases

$$
f(x) = \begin{cases}
  x^2 & \text{if } x \geq 0 \\
  -x^2 & \text{if } x < 0
\end{cases}
$$

$f(x) = \begin{cases} x^2 & \text{if } x \geq 0 \\ -x^2 & \text{if } x < 0 \end{cases}$

Common operators

$\sin x, \cos x, \tan x, \log x, \ln x, \exp x$
$\min, \max, \arg, \det, \dim$
$x \cdot y, x \times y, x \div y$
$x \leq y, x \geq y, x \neq y, x \approx y, x \equiv y$
$x \in A, A \subset B, A \cup B, A \cap B$
$\forall x, \exists y, \nexists z$
$\to, \rightarrow, \Rightarrow, \mapsto$

Theme-aware colors in math

KaTeX's \textcolor command supports Eduskript's named color palette — every color has a separate light-mode and dark-mode value, picked for legibility on both backgrounds.

$$\textcolor{cyan}{x}^{\textcolor{lightgreen}{n}} + \textcolor{orange}{y}^{\textcolor{lightgreen}{n}} = \textcolor{red}{z}^{\textcolor{lightgreen}{n}}$$

$\textcolor{cyan}{x}^{\textcolor{lightgreen}{n}} + \textcolor{orange}{y}^{\textcolor{lightgreen}{n}} = \textcolor{red}{z}^{\textcolor{lightgreen}{n}}$

Toggle the page theme — every color stays clearly readable.

Available palette colors: cyan, lightgreen, green, orange, red, blue, violet, purple, lightblue, pink, yellow, white, black, gray.

You can also use raw hex values (\textcolor{#ff0000}{x}), but those won't theme-adapt.

Text inside math

Use \text{...} for words inside a math expression:

$P(\text{heads}) = 0.5$
$\text{velocity} = \frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}}$

$P(\text{heads}) = 0.5$, $\text{velocity} = \frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}}$

Spacing tweaks

LaTeX usually picks correct spacing, but sometimes you want to nudge it:

Useful for differentials in integrals: \int x^2 \, dx.

When KaTeX limits matter

KaTeX renders fast (synchronous, no async load) but supports a subset of LaTeX. Most teaching content fits within the supported subset. Things that don't work:

• Custom packages (e.g. \usepackage{tikz} — KaTeX has no preamble system)
• Some less-common environments (gather* for example — use aligned or gathered)
• Custom macros defined in the source (define them upstream if you need them)

Full supported-commands list: katex.org/docs/supported.

Math cheat sheet