When executing the following code in python using jupyter/ipython, the Latex symbols are not displayed correctly. Any Idea why this could be?
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np %matplotlib inline x = np.linspace(0,3) y = np.sin(x) plt.plot(x,y) plt.title(r'$\beta \rho \lambda \xi$',fontsize=30) Output:
IPython notebook uses MathJax to render LaTeX inside html/markdown. Just put your LaTeX math inside $$.
$$c = \sqrt{a^2 + b^2}$$ 
You have to write :
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np x = np.linspace(0,3) y = np.sin(x) plt.plot(x,y) plt.title(r'$$\beta \rho \lambda \xi$$',fontsize=30) plt.show() Or you can display LaTeX / Math output from Python, as seen towards the end of the notebook tour :
from IPython.display import display, Math, Latex display(Math(r'F(k) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(x) e^{2\pi i k} dx')) 
Other kind of solution :
import numpy as np from matplotlib import pyplot as plt import matplotlib as mpl mpl.rcParams['text.usetex'] = True mpl.rcParams['text.latex.preamble'] = [r'\usepackage{amsmath}'] #for \text command x = np.linspace(0,3) y = np.sin(x) plt.plot(x,y) plt.title(r'$text{\beta \rho \lambda \xi}$',fontsize=30) plt.show() 
plt.title(r"\TeX\ is Number " r"$\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{-e^{i\pi}}{2^n}$!", fontsize=16, color='gray')