Welcome to Steemit! I'm also a mathematician. I think you'll agree we need LaTeX typesetting (Mathjax, or something like Overleaf) ... but things will get there as we get more science community users, I think.
I recommend the Steemengine. It gives an alternative to having your posts be more widely seen while you still have little steem power.
RE: Why Mathematics-- and my first Steemit post.