[spv]

Please add math support in github markdown. Something real users need.

Stop trying to make it a social network.

[natfriedman]

We're definitely going to add math support to GitHub markdown.

[maxfan8]

Is there a timeline for adding math support to GH markdown?

I've had to resort to human-side rendering to put LaTeX/math in a GitHub flavored markdown file.

[jcelerier]

github being a social network is the main reason of its success.

[mhh__]

Is it? Networking yes, social maybe?

I don't have any memories of early GitHub but did any of it's competitors come close to being as good?

[saagarjha]

I'd rather that they supported a standard like MathML or LaTeX.

[icey]

There was someone working on LaTeX support a few years ago, but iirc it was very difficult to secure it enough to feel comfortable letting it run server-side for rendering. Source: I worked there when they were working on it.

[haneefmubarak]

What about client side rendering via MathJax? You could have your LaTeX code embedded in your markdown and MathJax could substitute it for appropriately rendered symbols as necessary.