JsMath explained

jsMath was a JavaScript library for displaying mathematics in browsers in a cross-platform way. It was free software released under the Apache License.

Produced by Union College Professor, Davide P. Cervone in 2004,^[1] jsMath was built as a cross-platform solution to add mathematical equations in standard TeX notation to HTML pages.^[2] As an alternative to MathML, jsMath was built to support different browsers on Microsoft Windows, Macintosh OS X, and Linux.^[3]

While not officially discontinued, jsMath has not been updated since Version 3.6e on March 21st, 2010.^[4]

jsMath was succeeded by MathJax,^[5] another program that Cervone would contribute to.

See also

• MathJax
• TeX and LaTeX, from which jsMath inherits its syntax and layout algorithms
• MathML, a W3C standard enabling direct math rendering in the browser, using an XML syntax
• ASCIIMathML, a client-side library for writing MathML in a subset of LaTeX math syntax
• Google Chart API

Notes and References

1. Cervone . Davide . February 2012 . Math Jax: A Platform for Mathematics on the Web . . 59 . 2 . 312-316.
2. Web site: jsMath (Authors): Overview of jsMath . 2025-03-14 . www.math.union.edu.
3. Web site: jsMath: jsMath Home Page . 2025-03-14 . www.math.union.edu.
4. Web site: jsMath: Changes in Recent Versions of jsMath . 2025-03-14 . www.math.union.edu.
5. Web site: Converting to MathJax from jsMath . 2017-08-04 . 2017-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170804215541/http://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/upgrading/jsMath.html . dead .