Delimiter \$ and Delimiter [MATH]

[Math Amateur]

Is there any difference at all in starting and finishing a Latex code fragment with the delimiter $ ... ... and starting and finishing a Latex code fragment with the delimiters $$ ?

Peter

 

[Joppy]

Is there any difference at all in starting and finishing a Latex code fragment with the delimiter $ ... ... and starting and finishing a Latex code fragment with the delimiters $$ ?

Peter

I always thought \$ and [math] was for inline type setting and \$$ for indented, but I'm curious what the actual difference is too..

 

[Opalg]

Is there any difference at all in starting and finishing a Latex code fragment with the delimiter $ ... ... and starting and finishing a Latex code fragment with the delimiters $$ ?

Peter

\$...\$ gives \textstyle, but $$...$$ produces \displaystyle. You can see the difference if you set the formula \lim_{x\to0}\frac{f(x)}{g(x)} in the two styles:

$\lim_{x\to0}\frac{f(x)}{g(x)}$

$$\lim_{x\to0}\frac{f(x)}{g(x)}$$