On Tue, 14 Feb 2017, Richard Stanton wrote:

> [My apologies if this is a repeat. I tried posting this 4 days ago and didn’t see if appear on the list.]
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> I created the following very simple org file:
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> ————
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> #+TITLE: *Math example*
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> \[ w_j = \nu_j \prod_{l<j} (1-\nu_l), \]
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>
> ————
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> This exports to LaTeX fine, but when I export to HTML, the equation comes out as plain text

Seems like a bug.

To work around it, put a space between `<' and `j'.

HTH,

Chuck