Hi Rudolf and Max,

>> Usually, it is sufficient simply to put spaces around these symbols to
>> cause the browser to avoid them, so
>> … when x < y we have …
>
> Though I am a bit surprised that Org did not replace characters to &lt; and &gt;
> during export. Perhaps, it is possible to define a filter.

You’re going to be much better off if you just use LaTeX math delimiters, i.e. `\(
... \)'.

All the best,
Timothy