I want to produce TGF-β1 in an rmarkdown document.
Usually I would do this: TGF-$\beta$1 but that produces TGF-$$1 when rendered to word, or
when rendered to pdf.
The problem seems to be the 1 after beta. I don't have this problem if it's followed by a letter, e.g. TGF-$\beta$a gives TGF-βa
I can get around this by including the 1 in the maths mode: TGF-$\beta1$ produces TGF-β1
My problem with this is that, in pdf output, the 1 inside the mathmode has a different appearance to a standard text 1:
TGF-$\beta1$
TGF-$\beta$ 1
I appreciate this is pedantic, but is there a way around this?