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k a March Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
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The text in the following image (of the solution for problem #3 of the practice AIME of 4134 Special AIME Seminar A) should state that the positions of A and B are plotted on the vertical and time is plotted on the horizontal.

Where should I post these kinds of errors in the future?
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Happy Pi Day! $3.141592653589793238462643383279 50288419716939937510 5820974944 5923078164062862089986280348253421170679$

:D :D :D :D
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This could very well be reported before, however a quick search did not find anything.

While embedding LaTeX commands within BBCode (like this: [i]text $\dfrac{1}{2}$ text[/i]) typically displays as intended within a forum, trying to render a contest collection using these commands breaks the PDF renderer.
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As outlined in this (locked) post, the forum/blog creation message is out of date. It has been over a year since that post, and it still has not changed. I don't know if this got lost somewhere in the "passing this along" chain or if it was determined to be irrelevant, but it seems like a relatively simple fix ;)
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Strange LaTeX inconsistency
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LaTeX renders things differently and for this example, it all depends on a space.

When you type
[code]$k = - 3.$[/code],
LaTeX renders $k = - 3.$,
but when you type
[code]$k = -3.$[/code],
LaTeX renders $k = -3.$

For some reason, in the bottom example, it becomes stretched vertically. Why? Is there anything that AoPS can do to fix this?
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#1 h  Feb 16, 2025, 7:14 PM
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LaTeX renders things differently and for this example, it all depends on a space.

When you type
$k = - 3.$
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LaTeX renders $k = - 3.$,
but when you type
$k = -3.$
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LaTeX renders $k = -3.$

For some reason, in the bottom example, it becomes stretched vertically. Why? Is there anything that AoPS can do to fix this?
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for me its rendering the exact same??
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#3 h  Feb 16, 2025, 7:15 PM
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w32dedorh30 wrote:
LaTeX renders things differently and for this example, it all depends on a space.

When you type
$k = - 3.$
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LaTeX renders $k = - 3.$,
but when you type
$k = -3.$
,
LaTeX renders $k = -3.$

For some reason, in the bottom example, it becomes stretched vertically. Why? Is there anything that AoPS can do to fix this?
I do not see anything different but its probably the way latex caches
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#4 h  Feb 16, 2025, 7:41 PM
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mathwizz052008 wrote:
for me its rendering the exact same??

This is what I see, its just a bit stretched out:
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This is a well-known issue that involves latex catching. For example, here’s a common one:

This code
$\triangle ABC$

renders $\triangle ABC$.

This code
$\triangle ABC~$

renders $\triangle ABC~$.

Side-by-side for emphasis: $\triangle ABC$ vs $\triangle ABC~$
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For your post, i can see the different but in the OP I can't see any difference? Is there any reasoning for that??
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@OP (w32dedorh30):
As nobody else seems to be able to reproduce this, this is likely an issue with the caching on your device. Have you tried clearing your cookies?
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#8 h  Feb 17, 2025, 2:12 PM
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Sotowa wrote:
@OP (w32dedorh30):
As nobody else seems to be able to reproduce this, this is likely an issue with the caching on your device. Have you tried clearing your cookies?

Uh happycat has the same issue and has a screenshot.....
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#9 h  Feb 18, 2025, 5:29 AM
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Sorry, I missed that. For those who see the two in the OP as different, what browser and operating system are you using? The two appear the same to me on macOS 13.4 on both Safari and Chrome.
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i'm using windows and chrome and they are the same for me.
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im using brave and they are the same(for op) but different(for triangle abc)
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