ENH: review of KaTeX for html math rendering

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.12"
           environment-file: environment.yml
           activate-environment: quantecon
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
       - name: Graphics Support #TODO: Review if graphviz is needed
         run: |
           sudo apt-get -qq update && sudo apt-get install -y graphviz

environment.yml

@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ dependencies:
     - sphinx-proof==0.2.0
     - sphinx-togglebutton==0.3.2
     - sphinx-reredirects==0.1.4 #Version 0.1.5 requires sphinx>=7.1
+    - sphinxcontrib-katex

lectures/_config.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ latex:
     targetname: quantecon-python-intro.tex
 
 sphinx:
-  extra_extensions: [sphinx_multitoc_numbering, sphinxext.rediraffe, sphinx_exercise, sphinx_togglebutton, sphinx.ext.intersphinx, sphinx_proof, sphinx_tojupyter, sphinx_reredirects] 
+  extra_extensions: [sphinx_multitoc_numbering, sphinxext.rediraffe, sphinx_exercise, sphinx_togglebutton, sphinx.ext.intersphinx, sphinx_proof, sphinx_tojupyter, sphinx_reredirects, sphinxcontrib.katex] 
   config:
     bibtex_reference_style: author_year
     # false-positive links
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ sphinx:
           "argmax" : "arg\\,max"
           "argmin" : "arg\\,min"
     mathjax_path: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mathjax@3/es5/tex-mml-chtml.js
+    katex_prerender: True
     rediraffe_redirects:
       index_toc.md: intro.md
     # Remote Redirects