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About Your Browser

Some of the articles on this site display mathematical equations formatted using Math Markup Language -- MathML -- which requires web browser support. As of July 2012 Firefox does this best. Firefox MathML fonts should be installed on your system; if not they are available here. (In Firefox select tools->Add-ons, and search for "MathML" or "MathML-fonts").

Google Chrome and Konqueror 4.8 do not support MathML natively; Safari 5.1 reportedly does. However, I sometimes find Chrome to work better than Firefox on interactive sites that serve complex web forms such as online banks, stores, and LinkedIn. I routinely use both Firefox and Chrome. Google Chrome requires the "Math Anywhere" extension.

MathML may be displayed in Internet Explorer, but requires the MathPlayer plugin. (Not tested.)

More information is available at Wikipedia. You may check your browser's MathML contemptibility by visiting the MathML Torture Test.