# Math should be quotable

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/math-should-be-quotable/148342>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** pr-welcome\
**Created:** [April 17, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/math-should-be-quotable/148342 "2020-04-17T12:27:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/math-should-be-quotable/148342/2 "2021-05-04T19:50:50Z")

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This is still occurring and also happens with inline math, as reported by a member on our instance:

> **[Quoting posts with LaTeX equations?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quoting-posts-with-latex-equations/60542)**
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> I’ve noticed that if you try to quote a post with LaTeX equations, e.g. $O(n^3)$ for O(n^3), in the quoted text it gets mangled to something like O(n3)O(n^3). It would be nice if the original $O(n^3)$ were preserved.

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