<p>This rendering occurred because:</p>

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<li>In one of your MathJax statements, a <code>$</code> was left out at the beginning, so there was an odd number of <code>$</code> meaning that most of your comment was interpreted as MathJax and rendered as such.</li>
<li>Your use of markdown for the link was also incorrect. The correct syntax is <code>[text description](http://yourlink.com)</code>.</li>
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<p>I have edited the comment to correct these errors. Please check that it looks alright. I (or one of the other mods) can make additional edits, if necessary.</p>

<p>It was actually a little difficult to even make the edits: I had to go into my browser's DOM inspector and manually hide the "Hot Questions" bar at the right so that I could click on the comment's <code>edit</code> link.</p>

<p>Please make sure to double-check the MathJax and other markdown before submitting comments. For complicated math in comments, one way to double-check is to use the page's <strong>Answer</strong> box to make sure it renders properly there and then cut and paste everything into a comment once it looks alright.</p>
