MathML

Synthetic draws formulas in MathML, the web’s markup for mathematics. These are the elements a formula is most often made of, each with an example as written and as drawn.

Common elements

Element	Description	Markup	Drawn
`<mi>`	Identifier (variable)	`<mi>x</mi>`	$x$
`<mn>`	Number	`<mn>42</mn>`	$42$
`<mo>`	Operator	`<mo>+</mo>`	$+$
`<mfrac>`	Fraction	`<mfrac><mn>1</mn><mn>2</mn></mfrac>`	$\frac{1}{2}$
`<msup>`	Superscript	`<msup><mi>x</mi><mn>2</mn></msup>`	$x^{2}$
`<msub>`	Subscript	`<msub><mi>x</mi><mn>1</mn></msub>`	$x_{1}$
`<msqrt>`	Square root	`<msqrt><mi>x</mi></msqrt>`	$\sqrt{x}$
`<mroot>`	Nth root	`<mroot><mi>x</mi><mn>3</mn></mroot>`	$\sqrt[3]{x}$