Markdown is a lightweight markup language used across the entire Stack Exchange network for post formatting.
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How can I add spacing to my answer here?
I posted an answer here to a question and point number 2 of my answer seems too long. I would like to break it into separate paragraphs. However everytime I try to do this it breaks the numbering ...
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A bug in enumerating while another link/picture inserted in the middle. [duplicate]
lorem ipsum.
lorem ipsum
link
lorem ipsum
lorem ipsum
lorem ipsum
lorem ipsum
Though I used 3., 4., ...
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Numbered lists interspersed with commentary. [duplicate]
Sometimes I want to intersperse commentary into my lists. For example.
Thus, it holds that
blah, and that
blurg,
and noting that bloop, thus also that
blipple.
...
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Multiline hidden text
For some questions, you think the user might learn more if you don't let him read the entire proof right away.
So you use
But I never managed to get a multiline one. Just like the quote block, it ...
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How to indent text and make indents
In my answer to this question I wanted to break the lines to improve readability and indent some of the lines. The only way I could find to indent the lines was to use \quad Hitting one return ...
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Including supplemental code inside a markdown comment
Is there a way to include supplemental code in a math.se post, without necessarily displaying the code as part of an answer - perhaps, as a comment in the markdown itself?
For example, we often see ...
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New Line without Space Afterwards
Please forgive me if this question has been asked before, but I haven't been able to find it. On Mathematics SE, what code/command/operation starts a new line without space afterwards? Thank you very ...
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Annoying inability to format things
Recently a change has made
**Theorem** adsfdf
*proof*: asdfdsaf
comes out as
Theorem adsfdf
proof: asdfdsaf
rather than having a line break between them.
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Creating a Hyperlink in a Comment Box
I am not sure if this has been asked before. Could anyone teach me how to create a hyperlink in a comment box? Posting URL's (especially those that are very long) seems to be a very ugly way of ...
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1answer
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Editing - ordered list with letters.
I just edited: Let $f$ be a non-constant entire function such that $\left \lvert f(z) \right\lvert=1$ for every $z$ with $\left \lvert z \right\lvert=1$.
In the question there is a list of options ...
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1answer
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How to format links in comments
I wonder how to provide nice links in comments, similar to the links in the question/answers. I tried
<a href="link">link description</a>
and
...
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1answer
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Problem with unpaired [] in math mode in comments
The following text is typeset correctly in a post, but it seems to be broken when posted in a comment. (Markdown somehow interprets left [ as beginning of a hyperlink).
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Carets stop hyperlinks working.
The caret symbol, ^, stops hyperlinks working, a phenomenon usually seen in links to Wolfram Alpha.
The [description](hyperlink) form:
this works, produced by [this ...
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How do I insert a table when asking a question?
I'm having a hard time to insert a table here when I'm asking a question. Any help would be appreciated.
Also, is there any, not too expensive, math programs that allow me to enter math terms and ...
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2answers
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1answer
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Linebreaks in comments don't seem to be working
The help page says:
End a line with two spaces to add a <br/> linebreak
But I did that in my comment here and I do not see any sort of break.
What's ...
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1answer
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How do you cite a reference in a comment?
If I want to quote a reference in an answer on this site, I use the syntax [Here][1] followed at the end of the answer by ...
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Why double backslash is sometimes needed?
I noticed the problem in this post in the definition of $\mathbb N_\infty= \{0\} \cup \{\frac1n; n\in\mathbb N\}$. However, I was not able to reproduce the problem from the post (I do not know why ...
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1answer
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Link copying causes misinterpretation in mark-down in comments
In a comment to Henry's answer in a recent question I copied a link from Wikipedia directly from my browser window to the comments box. However, upon submitting the comment, the link was ...
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Small markdown parsing bug in comments
After I voted to close this question, the automatically generated comment
possible duplicate of Finding the limit of $n/\sqrt[n]{n!}$
exhibited a small bug. Its source is
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1answer
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Escaping in comments
Slightly off-topic, but this did came up...
Can someone manage to type \\ in a comment?
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Numbers after paragraph breaks turn into 1's
Numbers after paragraph breaks all turn to 1.
Number 1 in the list.
paragraph break
2 in list.. or is it?
paragraph break
<- I swear I labelled this 3..
paragraph break
some characters
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1answer
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TeX math interacts with italic and bold formatting
In this answer, I noticed a math bug that looks like an interaction between the parser and the TeX system. When you have a word that starts with math and then has italics or bold later, the italics or ...
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3answers
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How does one typeset accent marks outside of math mode?
My apologies for this very basic question.
How does one typeset accent marks outside of LaTeX math mode?
For example, on this question both Derek Jennings and I cite papers from Paul Erdos. ...
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Re: Spoiler space?
In this question here the OP asks for hints for a problem rather than a full proof.
http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/14477
Now, while I would like to respect that request, I also feel that ...
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0answers
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Battling the ad-hoc limited URL syntax [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Links to Wolfram alpha don't appear
I'm wasting too much time having to figure out how to correctly quote URL's to get them to match the limited subset allowed here ...
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3answers
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Italics/emphasized text not working after a mathematical formula
In this post over here: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/11294/convergence-of-series-of-functions/11295#11295 i have noticed an error. When i put * a * the text doesn't turn italic, but its ...
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Where is the math markdown/syntax described?
When I begin asking a question, no mention is made of the markdown syntax in use, or where to find its description in the quick reference, or full reference for the Math Stackexchange site in the ...
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Latex rendering error
At least for myself and the original poster, the thread at
http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/9840/finding-roots-of-polynomials-negative-square-root
does not render correctly. From OPs post:
...
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1answer
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How to include a link in the text?
I'd like to share a link in a comment/question/answer hiding the link to some paper and showing instead the title, how can one do this?
Thanks.
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1answer
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Less-than signs and previews
If I write $m<n$ in a question, the preview sees the less-than and interprets it as the begining of an XML tag. I have to write it as an HTML entity to get ...
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3answers
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Links / URLs containing special characters are not recognized by markdown
In this answer, I linked to some page within the Wolfram alpha site, and the links did not appear. For example, I will try to link the last word in this sentence. Here is the URL I was trying to link ...
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3answers
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Math markup, diagrams, etc. — pointers please
Feeling a bit dumb as I plunge into math.stackexchange.com after many years away from the world of mathematics, but can somebody please provide a very quick tutorial -- list of reference pointers ...
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Formatting Sandbox
Basically same as Formatting Sandbox in meta.SO, but since this and Statistical Analysis are the only 2 sites (I know) supporting TeX formatting, I believe we also need one here for testing it.
