Ask HN: Best way to include LaTeX math in presentation slides?

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  • For my work, I often have to present scientific topics to an audience. This often includes a fair amount of notation in form of LaTeX math that has to go into the presentation slides.

    So far, I have not found a good solution to efficiently include LaTeX in any presentation software.

    There are plugins, but they rely on a local LaTeX distribution which, let's be honest, is always a pain to manage.

    These days, I find myself using a browser app to render equations, then download and import the math as SVG or PNG. This somewhat works: The problem is that I have yet to find a web app that supports bot, a wide range of commands (like https://katex.org/) or

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