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 such as the `aligned` environment (`align*` is not supported by katex).  These environments will render provided
 they are wrapped in `<p>` tags and blank lines.  The snippet below should
 render correctly.
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 Let $G$ be a finite group with exponent $2$.  Then every element is
 an involution, hence for any $x$, $y$ in $G$ we have: