# Missing number, treated as zero. in eqnarray

this is my code:

\begin{eqnarray}
[A,C]\mid_{dom(x)} = -x^1x^2\frac{\partial}{\partial x^1} + (2(x^1)^2 - (x^2)^2 +2)\frac{\partial}{\partial x^2}  \\
[B,C]\mid_{dom(x)} = ((x^1)^2 - 2) \frac{\partial}{\partial x^1} -5x^1x^2 \frac{\partial}{\partial x^2}
\end{eqnarray}


and this the error:

54
Missing number, treated as zero.
B
l.54 [B,C]
\mid_{dom(x)} = ((x^1)^2 - 2) \frac{\partial}{\partial x^1} -5x^1x...


I would be glad if you help me, I cannot figure out the problem and solve it. I am a new Tex learner :/

I could not write the comment, anyway I like to thank you, these advices of yours solved my little problem!

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Welcome to TeX.SX! It seems you're missing the &, before the = signs. In this case it's better to use align of the amsmath package than eqnarray. See tex.stackexchange.com/q/196/18228 –  Herr K. Nov 23 '13 at 23:02
Since it hasn't been explained, the reason for the error is that \\  of eqnarray has an optional argument which is expected to be a length. So your first \\  takes [B,C] for its argument, and finds no length there, producing the error. The amsmath align environment is better in many ways, and this is just one of the minor ones. –  Dan Nov 24 '13 at 7:01

Don't use eqnarray. Use align* from amsmath.

Further, dom(x) looks like an operater, hence you may put \DeclareMathOperator{\dom}{dom} in the preamble and use it as \dom(x). I have also used \bigl and bigr from amsmath to make [ and ] bigger.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\DeclareMathOperator{\dom}{dom}
\begin{document}
\begin{align*}
[A,C]\mid_{\dom(x)} &= -x^1x^2\frac{\partial}{\partial x^1} + \bigl[2(x^1)^2 - (x^2)^2 +2\bigr]\frac{\partial}{\partial x^2}  \\
[B,C]\mid_{\dom(x)} &= \bigl[(x^1)^2 - 2\bigr] \frac{\partial}{\partial x^1} -5x^1x^2 \frac{\partial}{\partial x^2}
\end{align*}
\end{document}


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