# Math: formula don't work in tables

**URL:** <https://community.bear.app/t/math-formula-dont-work-in-tables/18042>\
**Category:** Bear feedback\
**Created:** [August 11, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/math-formula-dont-work-in-tables/18042 "2025-08-11T23:50:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bric3](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/bric3/32/2726_2.png) [@bric3](https://community.bear.app/u/bric3)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/math-formula-dont-work-in-tables/18042/1 "2025-08-11T23:50:48Z")

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Hey I noticed that some formulas do not with in tables.

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/1/1c557d2124012ff55e961e24489c84c6641dd6c8.png)

Seems like code blocks don’t either 😢

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**Author:** ![kaimakeswavs](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/kaimakeswavs/32/3067_2.png) [@kaimakeswavs](https://community.bear.app/u/kaimakeswavs)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/math-formula-dont-work-in-tables/18042/2 "2025-08-12T03:47:07Z")

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I noticed this too 🙂 would be nice to have this functionality.

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**Author:** ![that\_jonasw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@that\_jonasw](https://community.bear.app/u/that_jonasw)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/math-formula-dont-work-in-tables/18042/3 "2025-08-12T10:08:01Z")

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Very little formatting works in tables - you can’t have lists or images either. One way around is to use LaTeX arrays:

```auto
$$
\begin{array}{|l|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Constant} & \textbf{Estimate} \\
\hline
\rho_{c,0} & 10^{-26}\text{ kg m}^{-3} \\
\hline
\Omega_{\Lambda,0} & 0.7\pm 0.05 \\
\hline
\Omega_{b,0}\text{(baryons)} & 0.045 \pm 0.005 \\
\hline
\Omega_{r,0}\text{(CMB)} & 5\times 10^{-5} \\
\hline
\Omega_\text{star light} & 10^{-6} \\
\hline
\Omega_\text{dust emission} & 10^{-6} \\
\hline
\end{array}
$$

```

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**Author:** ![bric3](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/bric3/32/2726_2.png) [@bric3](https://community.bear.app/u/bric3)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/math-formula-dont-work-in-tables/18042/4 "2025-08-13T22:40:50Z")

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That’s sad 😓

I hope this can be fixed at some point.