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Write formulas using LaTeX

The Hypotheses platform now features the KaTeX plugin, which enables bloggers to write using LaTeX language, by inserting LaTeX code inbetween the shortcode [latex]...[/latex]. Once handled, the LaTeX document preparation system allows a fast and easy visualisation of mathematical formulas, even complex ones.

For instance, written in a “Shortcode” block,

[latex]f(n)=\begin{cases} \frac{n}{2}, & \text{si }n\text{ est pair} \\ 3n+1, & \text{si }n\text{ est impair} \end{cases} \begin{pmatrix}a_1 & b_1 \\ a_2 & b_2 \end{pmatrix}[/latex]

Appears, thanks to this plugin, under the following form :

f(n)=\begin{cases} \frac{n}{2}, & \text{si }n\text{ est pair} \\ 3n+1, & \text{si }n\text{ est impair} \end{cases} \begin{pmatrix}a_1 & b_1 \\ a_2 & b_2 \end{pmatrix}

To be noted: adding display=“true” into the shortcode (this way: [latex display="true"]...[/latex]), centers the formula.

For instance,

[latex display="true"]f(n)=\begin{cases} \frac{n}{2}, & \text{si }n\text{ est pair} \\ 3n+1, & \text{si }n\text{ est impair} \end{cases}\begin{pmatrix}a_1 & b_1 \\ a_2 & b_2 \end{pmatrix}[/latex]

f(n)=\begin{cases} \frac{n}{2}, & \text{si }n\text{ est pair} \\ 3n+1, & \text{si }n\text{ est impair} \end{cases}\begin{pmatrix}a_1 & b_1 \\ a_2 & b_2 \end{pmatrix}

You can read the KaTeX plugin description on the WordPress website.

Featured image: e^(iπ) by Toni Holmes under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA licence


OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as follows:
Marion Wesely (September 20, 2017). Write formulas using LaTeX. The house of blogs. Retrieved March 6, 2026 from https://doi.org/10.58079/ppac


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