Terence Tao
Testing the LaTeX functionality. \(e^{2\pi i} = 1\) and \[ \hat f(\xi) = \int_{\bf R} f(x) e^{-2\pi i x \xi}\ dx.\]
Nov 21, 2022 at 1:10amWeb
Show threadAmo a Sam amatNov 21, 2022

@tao
Ah. That didn't work.

But, what an entrance! Cosmo Kramer couldn't have done better. NICE!

Show threadRiderOfGiraffesNov 21, 2022
@Heterokromia @tao it works if you view it on the web interface to the mathstodon instance.
Show threadJosiah Nov 21, 2022
@tao is this a mathstodon exclusive? Lol
Show threadJordiGHNov 21, 2022
@josiah @tao Yeah, only Mathstodon and a few other instances have Mathjax enabled. (https://scholar.social is the other one I know of).
Scholar Social

Microblogging for researchers, grad students, librarians, archivists, undergrads, high schoolers, educators, research assistants, profs—anyone involved in learning who engages with others respectfully

Mastodon hosted on scholar.social
Show threadLukasz KaczmarczykNov 21, 2022

@JordiGH

@fosstodon woulb be possible to have Mathjax switch on?

Show threadIvan Werning Nov 22, 2022
@JordiGH @josiah @tao Let’s get this @paulgp We can pony up some $\text{$}$ if needed :D
Show threadPaul Goldsmith-PinkhamNov 22, 2022
@ivanwerning @JordiGH @josiah @tao lol I’m not sure my host can do this. It would require a pretty large fixed cost investment bc I think mathstodon has a forked mastodon version
Show threadBen Golub Nov 22, 2022
@paulgp @ivanwerning @JordiGH @josiah @tao sounds like you need an #RA — which of these tenured professors will volunteer
Show threadJordiGHNov 22, 2022

@ben_golub @paulgp @ivanwerning Oh, and this too, I think.

https://github.com/christianp/mastodon/commit/21d469aee267d4a03e05bf3ddabb0bfe1089f0e7

Anyway, you don't even have to do pick out the individual changes, you can just grab the Mathstodon code wholesale from the fork at the desired branch.

https://github.com/christianp/mastodon/branches

Add MathJax to render LaTeX in toots · christianp/mastodon@21d469a

A GNU Social-compatible microblogging server. Contribute to christianp/mastodon development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadPaul Goldsmith-PinkhamNov 22, 2022
@JordiGH @ben_golub @ivanwerning I don’t manage any of the backend (I use masto host) so this is just a non starter at the moment
Show threadJordiGHNov 22, 2022
@paulgp @ben_golub @ivanwerning Dang...
Show threadJordiGHNov 22, 2022

@paulgp @ivanwerning @josiah @tao The patch isn't very big.

https://github.com/christianp/mastodon/commit/7b0659c854243ef36ac6380c2cd73ea2cd9c148f

MathJax v3 support · christianp/mastodon@7b0659c

MathJax is loaded from the URL /MathJax - you'll need to get a copy and set nginx to serve it. I cloned [email protected]:mathjax/MathJax into /srv/www/MathJax, and then added the following to my ...

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Show threadmyrmepropagandistNov 21, 2022

@tao is this only on mathstodon.xyz?

... shoot I might have to go there... dammit.

Show threadJordiGHNov 21, 2022
@futurebird @tao Yeah, only Mathstodon and a few other instances have Mathjax enabled. (https://scholar.social is the other one I know of).
Scholar Social

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Mastodon hosted on scholar.social
Show threadmyrmepropagandistNov 21, 2022

@JordiGH @tao I've probably annoyed our admin enough for one day, but putting this on my list of things to start sadly moaning about in the coming days.

I don't know why anyone would want to be an admin. My god.

Show threadNick has moved to MathstodonNov 21, 2022
@futurebird @tao I know LaTeX is supported on mathstodon.xyz and qoto.org, but I assume that there are others.
Show threadFelipe ArgoloNov 21, 2022

@tao

It works... Not from a 3rd party server (e.g. mastodon.online) though.

Show threadAmo a Sam amatNov 21, 2022
@fargolo @tao Indeed.
I have learned a New Thing. MathML is not in/on/at aus.social. This is perhaps a reason to move?
Show threadJordiGHNov 21, 2022
@Heterokromia @fargolo Yeah, only Mathstodon and a few other instances have Mathjax enabled. (https://scholar.social is the other one I know of).
Scholar Social

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Mastodon hosted on scholar.social
Show threadAmo a Sam amatNov 21, 2022
@JordiGH @fargolo Rightio. I see - NOT a reason to move. A reason to push 'show original' and a reason to volunteer at your local instance.
Show threadMason PorterNov 21, 2022

@tao I can see that my years of practice at reading and parsing latex source code directly are going to be useful. (Well, it's useful for my job, too.)

Ah, the days gone by of Ghostview and the dvips command.

Show threadbenblumsonNov 21, 2022
@tao I see the source code, not typeset
Show threadRiderOfGiraffesNov 21, 2022
@benblumson @tao It only renders on an instance with MathJax enabled, and only on the web interface.
Show threadpgcommunicationNov 21, 2022
@tao On the Android Mastodon app, tapping ...>Open In Browser displayed the toot on the mathsodon server, correctly typeset. That was a very helpful experiment!
Show threadDon De TinaNov 21, 2022
@tao Screen shot for those from Mastodon instances without LaTeX functionality.
Show threadDon De TinaNov 21, 2022
@tao or go here https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/109379126319934566
Terence Tao (@[email protected])

Testing the LaTeX functionality. \(e^{2\pi i} = 1\) and \[ \hat f(\xi) = \int_{\bf R} f(x) e^{-2\pi i x \xi}\ dx.\]

Mathstodon
Show threadSam HomillerNov 21, 2022
@tao looks good, except that the differential isn't upright ;) happy to see you on mathstodon!
Show threadJulian HarrisNov 22, 2022
@tao fun fact I had no knowledge or interest in LaTeX until I studied machine learning then having it in Google Colab was insanely valuable for taking notes. Blew the dust off maths I’d learnt a full quarter of a century ago 🤯
Show threadNico SchlömerNov 22, 2022

@tao Got to mention \(\tau = 2\pi\). I can't unsee it anymore.

https://github.com/nschloe/tau/

GitHub - nschloe/tau: The better pi

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Show threadRito Ghosh Nov 22, 2022

@tao

Works for me on mobile web, but not on the app.

But, very glad that you are here.