Math markdown support

Prework

• Read and abide by the multimark code of conduct and contributing guidelines.
• Search for duplicates among the existing issues (both open and closed).

Proposal

After seeing the new release of great_tables, I wanted to try making a table which has math notation in one of the columns. This does not work however, as, if I understand correctly, the markdown to latex or html conversion goes via this package, which does not seem to support mathematics.

MWE:

from multimark import markdown_to_html, markdown_to_latex

test_markdown_math = r"$\frac{a}{b}$"

test_latex = markdown_to_latex(test_markdown_math)
test_html = markdown_to_html(test_markdown_math)

gives '\\$\\textbackslash{}frac\\{a\\}\\{b\\}\\$\n' and '<p>$\\frac{a}{b}$</p>\n' for test_latex and test_html respectively.

My request is therefore if it would be possible to add such a conversion to this package? For me, it would greatly improve the usability of great_tables for making scientific content in Quarto. Don't know how big of a task this is, but happy to hear your thoughts!

Thanks in advance,
Olivier

Start with the markdown_to_html and markdown_to_latex entry points and run the Python MWE from the issue to reproduce both outputs. Trace the conversion path for $\frac{a}{b}$; done means mathematical notation is handled correctly in both HTML and LaTeX output without the current escaping or literal text.