diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 6759734..7c7788a 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+20071217 acr src/algebra/mathml.spad fix hex(10) mathml rendering (7015)
+20071217 wxh src/interp/http.lisp mathObject2String for hex(10) (7015)
 20071216 acr src/algebra/mathml.spad fix F,3 mathml rendering (7019)
 20071216 tpd Makefile fix mistake of using wrong Makefile for Xpm fix (7045)
 20071216 cys Makefile add -lXpm to loader flags (7045)
diff --git a/src/algebra/mathml.spad.pamphlet b/src/algebra/mathml.spad.pamphlet
index be7cf47..4b9869f 100644
--- a/src/algebra/mathml.spad.pamphlet
+++ b/src/algebra/mathml.spad.pamphlet
@@ -780,11 +780,7 @@ have to be switched by swapping names.
 	  str := postcondition(str)
       str
 
-
-
-    stringify expr == (object2String$Lisp expr)@S
-
-
+    stringify expr == (mathObject2String$Lisp expr)@S
 
     group str ==
       concat ["<mrow>",str,"</mrow>"]
@@ -1320,10 +1316,6 @@ have to be switched by swapping names.
 	  -- where it arises.  Removed 2007-02-14
           concat(concat("<mtext>",str),"</mtext>")
 	-- if we get to here does that mean it's a variable?
-	-- test for something like #\A and strip off #\
-	str.1 = char "#" and str.2 = char "\" =>
-	    u : US := segment(3,len)$US
-	    concat ["<mi>",str.u,"</mi>"]
         concat ["<mi>",str,"</mi>"]
       l : L E := (expr pretend L E)
       null l => blank
diff --git a/src/interp/http.lisp b/src/interp/http.lisp
index 3c217d0..4c8e827 100644
--- a/src/interp/http.lisp
+++ b/src/interp/http.lisp
@@ -44,6 +44,35 @@
 (defun |SiAccept| (s) (si::accept s))
 (defun |SiCopyStream| (q s) (si::copy-stream q s))
 
+;;; mathObject2String is a replacement function for object2String
+;;;
+;;; this function is used in mathml.spad to handle conversion of
+;;; of numbers in mathml for radix expansions. The bug is:
+;;;
+;;;                           _____
+;;;  radix(5/24,39)  ==> 0 . 8 4 34
+;;;
+;;;                            _
+;;;  radix(5/24,40)  ==> 0 . 8 D
+;;;
+;;;                          ____
+;;;  radix(5/24,43)  ==> 0 . 8 41
+;;;
+;;;  radix(35,36)    ==> Z
+;;;
+;;;  radix(36,37)    ==> Error ... index out of range
+;;;
+;;;  radix(10,16)    ==> A
+;;;
+;;;  exprex(%)       ==> "{#\A}"
+;;;
+;;;  exprex shows the preconditioned output form which shows #\A
+
+(defun |mathObject2String| (x)
+ (if (characterp x)
+  (coerce (list x) 'string)
+  (|object2String| x)))
+
 
 ;;; replace-entities is a function that takes a string and 
 ;;; returns a new string that has special html entities replaced.