Latex Paragraph Spacing: What Command To Use?

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Perhaps up to a year ago, I used to be able to get a space between paragraphs with #" "# "\ "\ "#" "#". That no longer works with the latest Latex version. What command can I use to get a space between paragraphs?
 
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It seems to ignore all line breaks within the LaTeX environment. You can end the LaTeX environment, add normal line breaks and begin a new LaTeX formula.
$$a=b$$
$$c=d$$
 
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Wrichik Basu said:
It seems that v3 of MathJax hasn't implemented line breaks yet. See this issue: https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/2312

And it seems that this will not be fixed before next year: see this comment from the above issue.
A comment from the same person there suggested that using
\displaylines{x = a + b \\\ y = b + c} would work ##-##
$$\displaylines{x = a + b \\ y = b + c}$$ ##-## apparently it does.
 
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mfb said:
It seems to ignore all line breaks within the LaTeX environment. You can end the LaTeX environment, add normal line breaks and begin a new LaTeX formula.
$$a=b$$
$$c=d$$
Thanks. This is what I needed. Hitting the "Enter" button a couple of times works. :)
 
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