This is a longer description about your blog. 2026-09-20T00:00:00Z https://laknath1996.github.io/ Ashwin De Silva 2026-09-20T00:00:00Z https://laknath1996.github.io/blog/hello-math/ <p>Inline math like <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msup><mi>e</mi><mrow><mi>i</mi><mi>π</mi></mrow></msup><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>=</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="katex-base"><span class="katex-strut" style="height:0.908em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">e</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8247em;"><span style="top:-3.063em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="katex-sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.0359em;">iπ</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">+</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span></span><span class="katex-base"><span class="katex-strut" style="height:0.6444em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="katex-base"><span class="katex-strut" style="height:0.6444em;"></span><span class="mord">0</span></span></span></span> and display math both work; they are rendered to HTML at build time, so no JavaScript is needed.</p> <p class="katex-block"><span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><msubsup><mo>∫</mo><mn>0</mn><mi mathvariant="normal">∞</mi></msubsup><msup><mi>e</mi><mrow><mo>−</mo><msup><mi>x</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></mrow></msup><mtext> </mtext><mi>d</mi><mi>x</mi><mo>=</mo><mfrac><msqrt><mi>π</mi></msqrt><mn>2</mn></mfrac></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\int_0^\infty e^{-x^2}\,dx = \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="katex-base"><span class="katex-strut" style="height:2.3262em;vertical-align:-0.9119em;"></span><span class="mop"><span class="mop op-symbol large-op" style="margin-right:0.4445em;position:relative;top:-0.0011em;">∫</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.4143em;"><span style="top:-1.7881em;margin-left:-0.4445em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="katex-sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight">0</span></span></span><span style="top:-3.8129em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="katex-sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight">∞</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.9119em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">e</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.0369em;"><span style="top:-3.113em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="katex-sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">−</span><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">x</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8913em;"><span style="top:-2.931em;margin-right:0.0714em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.5em;"></span><span class="katex-sizing reset-size3 size1 mtight"><span class="mord mtight">2</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">d</span><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="katex-base"><span class="katex-strut" style="height:2.1633em;vertical-align:-0.686em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mopen nulldelimiter"></span><span class="mfrac"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.4773em;"><span style="top:-2.314em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">2</span></span></span><span style="top:-3.23em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="frac-line" style="border-bottom-width:0.04em;"></span></span><span style="top:-3.677em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord sqrt"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8003em;"><span class="svg-align" style="top:-3em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord" style="padding-left:0.833em;"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.0359em;">π</span></span></span><span style="top:-2.7603em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="hide-tail" style="min-width:0.853em;height:1.08em;"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="400em" height="1.08em" viewBox="0 0 400000 1080" preserveAspectRatio="xMinYMin slice"><path d="M95,702 c-2.7,0,-7.17,-2.7,-13.5,-8c-5.8,-5.3,-9.5,-10,-9.5,-14 c0,-2,0.3,-3.3,1,-4c1.3,-2.7,23.83,-20.7,67.5,-54 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punctuation">(</span>x<span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> <span class="token keyword">return</span> x <span class="token operator">**</span> <span class="token number">2</span></code></pre>