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itsnotvalid
Referring to the last remarks on this post, the author suggests users to switch to blogger from wordpress because of this support.

I wonder though, as plugins (like http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mathjax-latex/) exists for users to user MathJax, not alone the same javascript used in the post could be injected to wordpress.com, even without installing any plugins.

nbpoole
He suggests switching from Wordpress.COM, Wordpress's hosting service, which presumably doesn't provide that plugin.

Edit: As jamesgeck0 points out, Wordpress.com does support LaTeX: http://en.support.wordpress.com/latex/

itsnotvalid
In that case it should support linking a js source file usin g <script> tag, which is used in his blogger trial. I guees the same thing should apply to wordpress.COM too.
nbpoole
No. For security reasons, Wordpress.com doesn't allow you to run Javascript.

See http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

itsnotvalid
Oh so only VIP users (like techcrunch) could have that. So somehow *.blogspot.com have nailed that security problem.
mnnttl
Never new that Techcrunch was hosted on wp.com!
jamesgeck0
Wordpress.com not only provides LaTeX support[1], but also renders LaTeX as an image file so that it works for people not using Javascript.

1. http://en.support.wordpress.com/latex/

mnnttl
But the Wordpress.com support of LaTeX is very limited. For one thing, it uses a LaTeX to image converter and the images always pixelate when you zoom in. Another advantage of using MathJax is that, right clicking any equation gives the LaTeX source. And lack of good LaTeX support on Wordpress.com was just an observation, I had no intention of comparing them!