Why Won't My LaTeX Math Expressions Render Correctly?

[Math Amateur]

In my latest post to the thread
https://mathhelpboards.com/analysis-50/application-supremum-property-further-questions-garling-remarks-theorem-3-1-1-a-26167.htmlI encountered a strange problem ...

***EDIT*** PROBLEM SOLVED ... i retyped offending text ... still don't know what went wrong! My text ...

Then ...

... Garling claims we have \(\displaystyle x \lt p_0 / q_0 \lt y \)...
My question is as follows:

In the above process .. how are we sure that \(\displaystyle p_0 / q_0 \lt y\) ... ?

would not display correctly ... but why?Result was


Then ...

... Garling claims we have $ \displaystyle x \lt p_0 / q_0 \lt y $...
My question is as follows:

In the above process .. how are we sure that $ \displaystyle p_0 / q_0 \lt y$ ... ?

Can someone please help determine what went wrong ...

Peter

 

[Ackbach]

Could be wrong, but it looks to me like you're trying to do too many fancy things with fonts and stuff, particularly inside your math environments. I'll bet if you used the default font, and just used dollar signs or double dollar signs, as needed, it would render fine.

 

[Math Amateur]

Could be wrong, but it looks to me like you're trying to do too many fancy things with fonts and stuff, particularly inside your math environments. I'll bet if you used the default font, and just used dollar signs or double dollar signs, as needed, it would render fine.

Indeed, Ackbach ... I think your advice is right on the money ...

Peter