Markdown crash course

Markdown is a lightweight markup language for writing formatted text using a plain-text editor. It is widely used for documentation and note-taking.

It’s extremely easy: markdown is designed to be readable even before you learn it.

Here we only give a minimal crash course.

Headings

# Big title
## Section
### Subsection
#### Subsubsection
##### Even smaller

Big title

Section

Subsection

Subsubsection

Even smaller

Paragraphs

Just write text.

Blank lines separate paragraphs.

Just write text.

Blank lines separate paragraphs.

Emphasis

*italic* or _italic_

**bold** or __bold__

`inline code`

italic or italic

bold or bold

inline code

Lists

- item one

- item two

  Texts inside a list item (indented!)

  - nested item

• item one

• item two

  Texts inside a list item (indented!)

  • nested item

1. first

2. second

3. third

1. first

2. second

3. third

Links

[link text](https://example.com)

link text

Images

![alt text](https://example.com/image.png)

Math

Inline math: $a^2 + b^2 = c^2$

Block math:
$$\int_0^1 x^2 \, dx$$

Inline math: \(a^2 + b^2 = c^2\)

Block math: \[\int_0^1 x^2 \, dx\]

If you prefer LaTeX syntax for everything, use a .tex note instead.