David Carlisle (not verified) Mon, 09/17/2012 - 23:21
The title is misleading: You can't really copmpare mathjax to mathml as they are not comparable..At its core MathJax is based on MathML but it has three different input parsers, one of a latex-like syntax (that you were using) one for mathml synatx and one for asciimath syntax. Whichever syntax you used it is parsed into an internal mathml representation. then this representation is rendered by one of three output methids, depending on the mathjax configuration. It can use a html/css positioning, use the native mathml capability of teh browser or use the svg rendering of the browser.So comparing "mathjax" to "mathml" is like comparing "firefox" to "html". One is an implemetation, one os a language.
A civil geotechnical engineer with the ambition to facilitate own work with free software for a knowledge and collective sharing. Also, I deal with green energy and in particular shallow geothermal energy. I have always been involved in web design and 3D modelling.
The title is misleading: You
The title is misleading: You can't really copmpare mathjax to mathml as they are not comparable..At its core MathJax is based on MathML but it has three different input parsers, one of a latex-like syntax (that you were using) one for mathml synatx and one for asciimath syntax. Whichever syntax you used it is parsed into an internal mathml representation. then this representation is rendered by one of three output methids, depending on the mathjax configuration. It can use a html/css positioning, use the native mathml capability of teh browser or use the svg rendering of the browser.So comparing "mathjax" to "mathml" is like comparing "firefox" to "html". One is an implemetation, one os a language.