[Tex/LaTex] Pandoc refuses to parse math latex

Question

I have a markdown file like:

blah blah $|\left<R_j^{(x)},g_j^{(x)}\right>|$ blah

I tried to use Pandoc to convert this file into a .docx file, but it cannot recognise the math expression surrounded by dollar sign '$'. The math content appears in the output .docx file as raw (or verbatim) text.

However, the another file that contains a different math expression, like:

blah blah $\min _{ \omega _{ j }^{ (x) } } \left\| x-\sum _{ j=0 }^{ p-1 }{\omega^{(x)}_j g_{ d\gamma _{ d }j }^{ (x) } }  \right\|$

was handled well by Pandoc.
Is it because that I've done something wrong in my first markdown file?
Or it is just a bug in Pandoc? How can I avoid it?

My Pandocversion is:

pandoc 1.17.1
Compiled with texmath 0.8.6.3, highlighting-kate 0.6.2.

Answer 1

Instead of <...> as the delimiters, you need to use \langle...\rangle:

blah blah $|\left\langle R_j^{(x)},g_j^{(x)}\right\rangle|$ blah