{align} is an environment provided by math packages that permits multiple related equations to be aligned at a common reference point, usually a sign of relation. For general question about aligning document elements, use {horizontal-alignment} or {vertical-alignment} instead.

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Nesting subequations within align

subequations seems to only work outside environments such as align and equation. What if I want to preserve the alignment of the equal signs using align while also would like subequations numbering ...
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Paragraph indent in \intertext of align [closed]

I have the following LaTeX code: \subsection{andere Ladungsdichte} Gegeben ist die Ladungsdichte: \[ \rho\del{\vec r} = - p \delta(x) \delta(y) \delta'(z) \] Durch Integration erhalte ich das ...
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proof format 2 columns [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to correctly format (and align) a LaTeX proof? In my proofs I would like to have justifications of each step to the side of the numerical manipulation. For instance ...
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Error: Extra }, or forgotten \right in align environment

I'm getting errors in the align environment that I'm not getting for the exact same line that compiles without error in the equation one and I can't figure it out. Can someone shed some light on this? ...
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Underlining an equation in an align block

I'm trying to set up a system of equations and want to underline the last equation, but can't figure it out. Here's what I have: \begin{alignat*}{4} &F_n &- mg &- F_a\sin 32^\circ &= ...
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Align Equations Over Multiple Tabular Rows

I'm trying to set up a table with some equations in it, however I would like the equations on multiple rows to be aligned properly. So far I have \begin{tabular}{cc} \hline \multicolumn{1}{l}{Header ...
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Alignment in multiple locations of a single equation based on first line

I want to align a multi-line equation so that it basically looks like this: a = (b + c + d + e) f = g The requirements of this alignment are: The equal signs should be aligned. The beginning ...
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right align in align environment

I use a align* environment and on one line I have a very long equation which does not contain into a line. Thus for this line I would like to have the same behavior as a multline environment, that is ...
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Aligning in the aligned equations in widetext

I have expressions that I'd like to have aligned so that the first letters are aligned, but that the whole thing is still in center. I have this: ...
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alignment problem

I have the following: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{nicefrac} \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb} \begin{document} \begin{align*} f_X(x)&=\frac{1}{2 \pi} \exp ( -x^2/2 ) &\forall x \in ...
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Aligning \text{} on the left [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I break an align environment for a paragraph? I am new here, and quite new to LaTeX. I did search for an answer to this as I think it should be trivial, but I ...
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Preserve spacing while using align with amsmath

While \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{align} & A \\ & = B \end{align} \end{document} preserves the horizontal space after the equals sign, ...
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Alternative to IEEEeqnarray

By recommendation from The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX, I have been using the IEEEeqnarray environment a lot, since it solved many of the rather annoying problems related to the ...
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Specify alignment per column in align equation

Using the following mwe i have not yet found a way to align the formulas correctly. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{mathtools} % extends amsmath and fixes some of its quirks ...
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Left-aligning equations

How do I left-align selective equation blocks, i.e. not centered ? I know how to do it for ALL equation blocks in the document setting \usepackage[fleqn]{amsmath} \setlength{\mathindent}{0pt} in ...
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aligning equals as well as plus signs

From this question we know that aligning the equal signs in A = B = C D = E = F is done by using alignat, not align. If we have instead A = W + M = C B = i + \iota = D how can the equal signs ...
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Aligning equations with align*

I wanted to align a set of equations to left. I found on the Internet that you can do it easily with align* environment. I found it here: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Advanced_Mathematics So ...
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Aligned equations in LaTeX

I have a long equation in LaTeX, which I need to break up into more lines. I've done this, although its not quite what I was looking for. Here is a MWE showing my problem: ...
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How to align a set of my equations?

I just wan't to align the equation like this example (Of course, I can't align these equations on the web page): ∵△ABC ≌ △A′B′C′ ∴∠ABC = ∠A′B′C′ ∠ACB = ∠A′C′B′ ∠BAC = ∠B′A′C′ If I use &, ...
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Align multiple equations under longer equation

I want to do what this MWE would do if the hspace{-1in} actually moved that second alignment column to the left, underneath the big quadratic formula. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} ...
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\left and \right in equation across multiple lines [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Left/Right across multiline equation Could someone explain why I can't get the left and right commands to work correctly code: \documentclass{article} ...
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“! Missing } inserted.” Align Environment. Need to turn in this assignment ASAP [closed]

This problem has me pulling my hair out. I need it to be resolved as soon as possible. When I try to compile this code in Texworks, I get the error cited in the title. "elivar" is my own personal ...
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Left aligned multi line equations and \newenvironment

I'm building a table of integrals, for my own use. I need simple things: equations must be left aligned, sometimes I need alignment on the equal symbol and to save space sometimes I need 2 equations ...
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array environment with tags/labels

I try to come up with a couple of formulas which should be aligned according to a relation symbol but also to the left. Have a look at the following example: \documentclass{article} ...
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Highlight an equation within an align environment with color option

I'd really like to do exactly what's being asked for in this question: Highlight an equation within an align environment, but with the ability to change the color when I call it, so that I could have ...
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What's the best way to align binary operators to the right of a relation symbol?

I know that you're generally told to align binary operators to the right of a relation symbol like this (using {align*}): \begin{align*} x={}&a+b+c\\ &+d+e+f \end{align*} But would it ...
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get rid of the number of nonreferred equations [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to organize labels when there are too many equations? How do I number equations only if they are referred to in the text? I have a lot of equations in my documents ...
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problem with \left| and align [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to make \left, \right pairs of delimiter work over multiple lines? Hi I'm trying to write a long equation with {align*}: \begin{align*} ...
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elsarticle figure to left in LyX

I use elsarticle 2 docment page in LyX. I put figure in left column partion and use \resizebox{3.4in}{!}{ Figure.png } to make it smaller But I still need to align the figure to left of the page ...
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how to justify left all numbered equations

I use displayed numberd formula in lyx the equations are appears in middel I want to justify left the equations I used elsarticl 2 column page format
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how to align the following set of equations and have one equation number?

I have two equations. One is big and the other is small. I want to align them and want these two equations to have only one equation number. Another question is : Are there ways to make these ...
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aboxed across multiple alignment

I would like to have the entire last line in a box, but when I compile, it only boxes the first equation and doesn't even print the second equation. Does anyone know how to fix this? Here's my MWE. ...
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Tabbing for math mode?

I'm looking for something synonymous to tabbing, but for math mode. I read that alignat* should do the trick, but this behaves differently it seems. For example: \documentclass{article} ...
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Positioning of \flalign and arrows between the equation

I want to have something as following, but I'm not satisfied with the result: \documentclass[12pt,parskip]{scrartcl} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{geometry} ...
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flalign* still maintaining indent - caused by \text{}?

The goal is to align all of the text that spans more than one line with the equal sign. It appears that if I use \usepackage{amsmath} in my preamble and then use align* it will align with the ...
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Error when setting a label in an alignat-environment which is embedded in a figure-environment

I want to label equations in a alignat-environment which is embedded in a figure-environment and it won't compile. Example: \documentclass[11pt,a4paper,twoside,openright]{book} \usepackage{amsmath} ...
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Center a column in align

I have the following type of code in my document: \begin{align*} (-m)+m & \stackrel{\mathrm{Ax 1.1 (i)}}{=} m+(-m)\\ &\stackrel{\mathrm{Ax 1.4}}{=} 0 \\ I want to align on the = ...
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how to align equations with some text

I want to align the equations with text. Though the equations are aligned as I want it to be but still the text is not aligned. \begin{align} \mathscr{F}^\prime(x_0)^{-1}&\in L(Y,X) \quad ...
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left-justified text in the same line as the beginning of \align equations [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Vertical alignment of align* in enumerate How to split and align equations when they are inside an enumerate environment? pgfplot barchart moving x-axis up I want to ...
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Align to center

I want to align some equations to the equal signs, so I wrote this: \begin{align} -3z &=-9\\ z &= 3\\ -3y-3*3 &= 3\\ y &=-4\\ ...
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align with equal sign centered [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Align to center I want to align some equations to the equal signs, so I wrote this: \begin{align} -3z &= -9\\ z &= 3\\ ...
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How can I align at relation symbols within a cases environment?

I have used the following code in LaTeX - \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{table}[H] \centering \begin{tabular}{c|c} \hline { $X=y+z$} & { ...
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Center Formula in self created environment

I use a environment called loesung which I created by myself. Now I have a formula in that environment, but I want to have that formulas centered. Not left aligned, here is my code: ...
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Phantom and Align Environment

Is there any way to 'phantom' text within the align environment? I have the following code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{align*} \phantom { a & = b \\ ...
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Undefined control sequence in align

\begin{align} \label{eq:x} x = \sign{a} \cdotp \sign{b} \cdotp \min(\lvert a \rvert,\lvert b \rvert) \end{align} Above gives me Undefined control sequence. Any ideas would be helpful.
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How to align five equations on three lines, e.g., 2-2-1, with the last equation centered?

I'm trying to use the alignat environment to arrange five equations on three lines as follows: two equations on the first line, two equations on the second line (aligned with those of the first ...
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Using “&” symbol to split and align multiple equations

I would like to use the "&" symbol: to align multi-line equations as well to use it as an index to mark the placement while splitting an equation. However, when I do so, I don't want the ...
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Alignment across nested aligned environments

I have a list of equations with annotations like the one below: \documentclass{scrartcl} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{align} aaaa &= 1 &&\text{for $X$} \\ bbbb &= ...
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How can I align two split environments at the equal signs?

\documentclass{scrartcl} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage{amsmath, amsthm, amssymb} \usepackage{mathtools} \begin{document} ...
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Align inside align

I have a list of equations with annotations like the one below: \documentclass{scrartcl} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{align*} aaaa &= 1 &&\text{for $X$} \\ bbbb ...

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