Attention

Version 4 is now the current version of MathJax. This document is for version 1.0.

MathJax Documentation

MathJax is an open-source JavaScript display engine for LaTeX and MathML that works in all modern browsers.

Basic Usage

• What is MathJax?
• Getting Started with MathJax
• Installing and Testing MathJax
• Loading and Configuring MathJax
• Using MathJax in Web Platforms

• MathJax TeX and LaTeX Support
• MathJax MathML Support
• MathJax Output Formats

• The MathJax Community

Advanced Topics

• The MathJax Processing Model
• The MathJax Startup Sequence
• Synchronizing Your Code with MathJax
• Loading MathJax Dynamically
• Modifying Math on the Page

• Details of the MathJax API

• Converting to MathJax from jsMath

Reference Pages

• HTML snippets
• CSS style objects
• Glossary

• Search

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This version of the documentation was built Aug 05, 2025.