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I would like to put an equation at the center of a page in beamer (viewing the page from top to bottom rather than left to right - I already know how to center an equation going from left to right). I would also like to have some text above the equation. How can I do both at once?

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So you want the text to appear just below the \frametitle, and then the equation is vertically centred on the slide? The simple frame: \begin{frame} \frametitle{Frame title} Here is some text \[ f(x) = ax^2 + bx + c \] \end{frame} produces a centred equation and text immediately above it. – Werner Sep 26 '12 at 19:18

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beamer frames are vertically centered by default unless you have \documentclass[t]{beamer} or \begin{frame}[t].
You can use \vfil and \vfill to accomplish a vertically centered equation and some text that is vertically centered between the top and the equation.

Code

\documentclass{beamer}
%\usepackage{lua-visual-debug} % used to show output debug
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{Title}
Text over equation
\vfill
\(equatio^n\)
\vfill
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Output

output without lua-visual-debug output with lua-visual-debug

Is this what you want?

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