Adding an equation or formula to a figure caption in LaTeX

Question

I have a figure in LaTeX with a caption to which I need to add a formula (equation* or displaymath environments). For example:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[tbph]
    \begin{center}
        %...
    \end{center}
    \caption{As you can see
            \begin{displaymath}4 \ne 5\end{displaymath}
    }
    \label{fig:somefig}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

This makes pdflatex angry, though it will produce a PDF.

! Argument of \@caption has an extra }.
<inserted text> 
                \par 
l.9    }

What's the right way to go about adding an equation to a figure caption?

NOTE: Please do not suggest simply using the $ ... $ math environment; the equation shown is a toy example; my real equation is much more intricate.

See also:

• Adding a caption to an equation in LaTeX (the reverse of this question)

Answer 1

I'm not sure why you do not want to use the $ ... $ solution, because of fractions?

If so, you can use \dfrac instead of \frac.

I would try $ \displaystyle \dfrac{1}{2} \cdot \sum_{i=0}^n i$, i.e. use the \displaystyle command.