Math

Inline and display formulas

Use $...$ for inline formulas and $$...$$ for display math. Fenced blocks with math, latex, tex, katex or mathjax enter the same math renderer.

Inline: $x^2 + y^2 = z^2$.

$$
\frac{a+b}{c} = \sqrt{x}
$$

Inline formulas become a compact Unicode sequence. Display math can use multiple rows for fractions, matrices, roots and aligned expressions. Ordinary source newlines become spaces; TeX \\ creates a mathematical row.

Math block styles

--math-block-style accepts basic (indented without a border, the default), simple (a left border), or pretty (a frame). It is independent from --code-block-style and code-line numbering. Theme fields math.text and math.border control colors.

mdv --no-config --theme catppuccin --cols 64 --math-block-style basic example.md

   a+b
   ─── = √(x² + 1)
    c

$$
\frac{a+b}{c} = \sqrt{x^2 + 1}
$$

Supported notation and limits

The renderer supports fractions, roots, scripts, common symbols and operators, Unicode math alphabets, binomials, accents, overset/underset, braces, align, gather, matrices, cases and basic array column specifications. This is terminal Unicode output, not browser TeX typesetting.

Unsupported commands and environments retain their TeX source.

• A structural error preserves the entire original formula and produces a warning.
• Flat expressions can wrap; a structured formula keeps its geometry when wider than the available space and reports overflow.
• Markdown table cells keep inline formulas compact, while display math and \displaystyle use structured layout.