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+---
+tags:
+- plugins/transformer
+---
+
+Quartz uses [Katex](https://katex.org/) by default to typeset both inline and block math expressions at build time.
+
+## Formatting
+
+### Block Math
+Block math can be rendered by delimiting math expression with `$$`.
+
+```
+$$
+f(x) = \int_{-\infty}^\infty
+    f\hat(\xi),e^{2 \pi i \xi x}
+    \,d\xi
+$$
+```
+
+$$
+f(x) = \int_{-\infty}^\infty
+    f\hat(\xi),e^{2 \pi i \xi x}
+    \,d\xi
+$$
+
+### Inline Math
+Similarly, inline math can be rendered by delimiting math expression with a single `$`. For example, `$e^{i\pi} = -1$` produces $e^{i\pi} = -1$
+
+### Escaping symbols
+There will be cases where you may have more than one `$` in a paragraph at once which may accidentally trigger MathJax/Katex. 
+
+To get around this, you can escape the dollar sign by doing `\$` instead.
+
+For example:
+- Incorrect: `I have $1 and you have $2` produces I have $1 and you have $2
+- Correct: `I have \$1 and you have \$2` produces I have \$1 and you have \$2
+
+## MathJax
+In `quartz.config.ts`, you can configure Quartz to use [MathJax SVG rendering](https://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/output/svg.html) by replacing `Plugin.Latex({ renderEngine: 'katex' })` with `Plugin.Latex({ renderEngine: 'mathjax' })`
+
+## Customization
+- Removing Latex support: remove all instances of `Plugin.Latex()` from `quartz.config.ts`.
+- Plugin: `quartz/plugins/transformers/latex.ts`