# Division symbol doesn't render correctly

**URL:** <https://community.bear.app/t/division-symbol-doesnt-render-correctly/18432>\
**Category:** Bear Bug Report\
**Tags:** maths\
**Created:** [November 10, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/division-symbol-doesnt-render-correctly/18432 "2025-11-10T16:44:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bearperson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@bearperson](https://community.bear.app/u/bearperson)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/division-symbol-doesnt-render-correctly/18432/1 "2025-11-10T16:44:16Z")

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MathJax `\div` command doesn’t render a division symbol as expected, instead resulting in the two symbols - nabla and cdot - shown in the screenshot.

 ![Screenshot 2025-11-10 at 11.39.03](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/4/430043349a56f38733d6236f512289f1e35c7415.jpeg)

- **Bear Version** : 2.6.4 (13930)
- **OS Version** : Tahoe 26.1 (25B78)
- **What were you doing** :
- **What feature did you use** : MathJax
- **What happened** : I used the \div command to represent division. Got a nabla symbol and a cdot symbol instead.
- **What did you expect to happen** : I expected the command to result in a division symbol.

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**Author:** ![rexikan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/rexikan/32/4117_2.png) [@rexikan](https://community.bear.app/u/rexikan)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 7:27am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/division-symbol-doesnt-render-correctly/18432/2 "2025-11-11T07:27:45Z")

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> [@bearperson](#):
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> MathJax `\div` command doesn’t render a division symbol as expected

Right. This is a known conflict between base MathJax and the Physics package, where the latter redefines `\div`. Use `\divsymbol` instead.

We are really just passing what you are writing to MathJax and rendering the result. As we are not experts on MathJax itself, if someone has a better solution, let us know.

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**Author:** ![bearperson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@bearperson](https://community.bear.app/u/bearperson)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/division-symbol-doesnt-render-correctly/18432/3 "2025-11-11T16:28:19Z")

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I will do that. Thank you.