Is there a markdown parser supported on Jekyll that plays nicely with mathjax?

Question

I use a Jekyll based blog and need a markdown parser that won\'t clobber my Mathjax expressions (for instance, interpreting b_t - b_{t-1} as bt - b&

Answer 1

Markdown won't process anything in block-level HTML tag, so simply wrapping Mathjax syntax in

protects the Mathjax syntax, regardless of the interpreter. This nicely avoids having to escape the commands that begin and end the Mathjax, such as \( (inline) and \[ (display). Thanks to @lsegal on Github for pointing this out to me.