Formatting of right hand side of equation should be identical to formatting of left hand side
<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"> <msup> <mi>a</mi> <mo>+</mo> </msup> <mo>=</mo> <munderover> <mrow> <msup> <mi>a</mi> <mo>+</mo> </msup> </mrow> <mphantom> <mi>x</mi> </mphantom> <mphantom> <mi>x</mi> </mphantom> </munderover> </math>