## [Math Equations in Confluence: LaTeX & KaTeX via Markdown](/blog/markdown-math-equations-confluence.md)

September 24, 2026 ·

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Ask an engineer to document an algorithm in Confluence and watch what happens to the math: `O(n log n)` typed as plain text, `x²` pasted from a character map, and — for anything real — a screenshot from an online equation editor, blurry and already out of date. Confluence has no native LaTeX support, so every formula becomes either a compromise or an image.

It does not have to. With a Markdown macro on the page, Confluence renders real LaTeX — inline `$...$`, display `$$...$$`, fenced blocks with full `align` environments — and the equation stays text: searchable, theme-consistent, editable in seconds. This guide gives you the syntax and copy-paste examples for all three routes.

**Tags:**

* [confluence](/blog/tags/confluence.md)
* [markdown](/blog/tags/markdown.md)
* [latex](/blog/tags/latex.md)
* [katex](/blog/tags/katex.md)
* [mathjax](/blog/tags/mathjax.md)
* [math](/blog/tags/math.md)
* [how-to](/blog/tags/how-to.md)
* [engineering](/blog/tags/engineering.md)

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