equation

Equations are orefixed with $$ and can contain any text. They are used to display mathematical expressions or formulas expressed in LaTeX syntax.

For instance,

$$ c = \pm\sqrt{a^2 + b^2}

when rendered will look like this:

Mechdown also supports inline equations, which begin and conclude with a $$. They are expressed with LaTeX syntax, like so: $$c^2 = a^2 + b^2$$. This is rendered by a third-party library into .