Currently the only block math supported by Obsidian should be in the following form: text $$x+1$$ text or text $$ x+1 $$ text Anything else should NOT be interpreted as a math block. The reading mode follows this rule, the editor does not and may give to the user the impression that a valid math…

That’s no bug. One pair of $$ opens the math block after which you can insert a formula. Another pair of $$ closes the math block. You add more (math) expressions after the closing pair. That’s not the logic of a closing math block.

Like I said, in that case the actual bug is that rendering in default editing mode is incorrectly. There’s no way to even spot there’s something wrong, not even while editing the math block itself. This is what it looks like to the editing person: [image] THe math block visibly ends after the eq…

I was puzzled by a backlink not appearing in the linked mentions pane, and I was able to track down a way to reproduce it. Basically if you enter an equation without a newline after it, like this Here is an equation $$ x = x + 1 $$and here is some text after it instead of Here is an equation $…

I’m fairly certain the opening and closing double $$s for MathJax blocks need to be on their own lines with nothing else. Your Here is an equation $$ x = x + 1 $$and here is some text after it [[Test 2]] example isn’t working/rendering in Reading view (in addition to causing the backlinks issu…

The issue is that in live preview they render identically. So if you always work in the live preview pane as I do, then you can’t tell if you’ve made this mistake or not. It can easily happen by accident, and then the backlinks stop working with no indication as to why. I agree that it should proba…

I didn’t think to check before, but this also affects the graph view, not just backlinks. (To reproduce, follow the steps above and enter the graph view - the nodes “Test 1” and “Test 2” will not be linked.)

similar bugs/syntax errors: Quote and math block break internal links Speciffic Indexing Bug with Latex $$ Syntax

Steps to reproduce Create new empty node, say “Parent” Create another node, say “Child”. With the following content >$$ \frac{d}{dx}(x^{n})=nx^{n-1} $$ [[Parent]] Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N] Y Expected result The Child note should be linked to the Parent node. Graph view s…

huh, what an odd bug. fwiw the syntax for display math in block quotes should be > $$ > \frac{d}{dx}(x^{n})=nx^{n-1} > $$ and with this syntax the link afterward is tracked correctly. however this does not get rendered correctly, with > showing up in the equation. this is fixed by the community p…

Hi. I don’t know why, but this appears to work: > $$ \> \frac{d}{dx}(x^{n})=nx^{n-1} \> $$ [[Parent]] [math in callout]

Block Math Syntax discrepancy between editor and reading mode (LaTeX)

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ariehen January 27, 2026, 9:12pm 21

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