When trying to display a mathematical equation, it seems as if KaTeX only considers the first letter following a \
when rendering the equation. Here is an example:
from IPython.display import Markdown as md
display(md("$ \frac{1}{2}) $"))
ParseError: KaTeX parse error: Unexpected character: '' at position 1: ̲rac{1}{2})
I'm using Python 3.9 in VS Code
CodePudding user response:
Try putting an r
before your string. Your string will be considered a so called raw string and the backslash will not escape the f character.
This should work
from IPython.display import Markdown as md
display(md(r"$ \frac{1}{2}) $"))
The backslash is used to form so-called escape characters when used together with another character. In your case it seems like KaTeX had trouble to interpret the \f (or 'form feed') character.