Rendering mathematical expressions in GitHub markdown

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Indeed! I will probably continue to use Latex for more extensive documentation that uses mathematical formulae, but it is good to see that this possibility exists.

Another interesting feature is Mermaid to include diagrams in Markdown. Unfortunately, it is not yet available for the Wiki pages:

Would it apply to our Discourse? Now or in a near future? Let’s see: \pi^2 (pi squared)
(works!)

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You could do it on Discourse for a while now. It’s been long overdue for GitHub, and a very simple feature to add.

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LaTeX and Mermaid diagrams are now available also in the GitHub wiki pages:

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