Actually, nope that doesn&#x27;t work apparently. I did find two solutions:<p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.r-bloggers.com&#x2F;rendering-latex-math-equations-in-github-markdown&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.r-bloggers.com&#x2F;rendering-latex-math-equations-in-...</a><p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciweavers.org&#x2F;free-online-latex-equation-editor" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciweavers.org&#x2F;free-online-latex-equation-editor</a> (as per: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;github&#x2F;markup&#x2F;issues&#x2F;274" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;github&#x2F;markup&#x2F;issues&#x2F;274</a>)