diff --git a/layouts/partials/article/components/mdtexbug.html b/layouts/partials/article/components/mdtexbug.html
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--- a/layouts/partials/article/components/mdtexbug.html
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-<!-- ref: https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/braces-in-latex-get-escaped/39742/5 https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/use-goldmark-mathjax-extension/25721/8 https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/mathjax-rendering-problems-due-to-backslashes-interpretation-by-markdown-processor/30482 -->
-{{ $content := .RawContent }}
-<!-- this fixes issues with \\ not working correctly -->
-{{ $content = $content | replaceRE "\\\\\\\\" "\\\\\\\\" }}
-<!-- this fixes earlier issues with braces  -->
-{{ $content = $content | replaceRE "\\\\{" "\\\\{" }} 
-{{ $content = $content | replaceRE "\\\\}" "\\\\}" }}
-<!-- this fixes issues with _ preceding a { or a \ -->
-{{ $content = $content | replaceRE "\\_\\{" "\\_{" }}
-{{ $content = $content | replaceRE "\\_\\\\" "\\_\\" }}
-<!-- this fixes issues with \, -->
-{{ $content = $content | replaceRE "\\\\," "\\\\,"}}