$-math not properly escaped

[Nico Schlömer]

GitHub $-style math is not properly escaped, e.g.,

$$
\{a\}
$$

Output:

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$$ {a}\\ a , b\\ a : b\\ a > b\\ a ; b\\ a ! b $$

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More examples can be found in the community discussions:

• https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/16993
• https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/17143
• https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/31812
• https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/46788
• https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/47295

[Niharika Sai Duggi(Neethu)]

I need to work on open source projects as a part of my university course. I am interested to contribute to this problem.

Can you please assign this to me?