{amsmath} is a package provided by AMS that enhances LaTeX's mathematical typesetting capabilities in various ways.
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Breaking equation in align enviroment to put textwidth matrix in separate line
I have to put a textwidth pmatrix into an align environment. When using split, it destroys the centered alignment of the other equation.
Pseudocode:
\begin{align}
\vec{a} &= \vec{b} + \vec{c} ...
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Aligning equations with using fleqn
I use fleqn as a document class, but now I solve problem, how to align few equations to the center and few to the right.
I've tried \setlength{\mathindent}{1cm} but after that is the problem that I ...
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alignment and numbering of math formulas
I have 3 formulas which should be aligned at the = sign and numbered (1) to (3).
Seems a simple task but trying both \being{equation} with \begin{split} and \being{align} did not work out. I alwasy ...
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How to left align a set of equations in LyX
How can I left align an AMS flalign block in LyX?
The answers in Use flalign or alignat or align or similar environment to align to the left say that to left align a set of equations one should use
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In exponents, parenthesis too small, \big too big
When something big (a fraction, a sum, an integral...) appears within a pair of parenthesis, one can typically use \left(...\right) to get delimiters large enough to surround the contents. The ...
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How can long formulas be written more beautifully?
How do you write a long formula in a more beautiful manner
for the better, all my formulas in lines with the same length.
formulas are long with slightly smaller text.
Is it better to be done ...
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Using \tag in unnumbered versions
According to the amsmath documentation (section 3.1, page 7)
\tag and \tag* can also be used within the unnumbered versions of all
the amsmath alignment structures
It provides no examples ...
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Avoid eqnarray! Lars Madsen [closed]
eqnarray or align?!
http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb33-1/tb103madsen.pdf
Whenever the eqnarray environment appears in a
question or example of a problem on comp.text.
tex, tex.stackexchange.com or ...
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Horizontal array of enumerated equations
This is for use in work assignments for math students. I'd like to post multiple parts for a given question, without sacrificing too much space for this. So I want a bunch of equations arrayed ...
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Declaring a newcommand for a single letter in mathcal
I am trying to enter a command that references the \mathcal font for single letter in LaTeX. Below is what I am trying and it doesn't seem to work, would appreciate any help.
\newcommand {\until} ...
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Equation does NOT go new lines, while using \newline
I've been trying to typset an equation which, at a certain point, spans several lines, but is a single step (so no numbering may occur). For this I used newline, but this doesn't seem to work. How do ...
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parenthesis around underbrace too big
I have the problem that I want to have an equation with underbrace but the surrounding parenthesis shall not include the underbrace, i.e. should have the size as if the underbrace wasn't there. Here ...
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ConTeXt equivalent of AMSmath's \substack
The Plain TeX
$$ \sum_{i \in S \atop j \in T} i $$
seems to be usually typeset mathematically in LaTeX using the \substack macro from the AMS maths macros (accessed using \usepackage{amsmath})
\[ ...
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colortbl and amsmath conflict
I have a problem with colortbl and amsmath. Is someone here aware of a conflict between these two packages?
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
%\usepackage{colortbl}
\begin{document}
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\numberwithin makes the first equation unnumbered
I might be doing something stupid, but the following code produces a document with the first equation unnumbered (only an empty set of parentheses is given). The second equation is correctly numbered ...
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Using subequations without amsmath
Following on from my previous question regarding the use of align and aligned without 'amsmath', I am currently working on a proceedings paper, and have realised after finishing it that only specific ...
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Using aligned and align without amsmath
I am currently working on a proceedings paper, and have realised after finishing it that only specific packages are permitted - one of which is not amsmath. As a result, many of the nice equations ...
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How can I write a long equation in multi line scaled to text width?
I want to write a long equation over several lines, but result looks highly irregular.
How can write this equation better, preferably with all equation occupying the same wide?
...
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What causes this strange interaction between glossaries and amsmath?
MWE: greatly trimmed from a large document; XeLaTeX; full TeXLive2012 completely up-to-date:
\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{mathspec}
...
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Is there any AMS TeX or LaTeX macro for background color in math-mode
Is there any way to display math expressions with a background color (highlight) using AMS-Tex or AMS-LaTeX . For example, using AMS-TeX/LaTeX, we can display a math expression in font color using ...
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Unhelpful, misleading errors in amsmath environments
With the simple equation environment;
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation}
a \foo b
\end{equation}
\end{document}
you can see a helpful error message, ...
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How to manipulate font size “within” an align environment
I'm using the align package for multiple-row equations. Some rows the equations are just a bit longer than the textwidth (I'm using double column). I only want to reduce the fontsize of those ...
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Revtex's tensor macro interferes with nested amsmath split and align environments
I've encountered a strange collision between RevTeX and AMSLaTeX. If I nest a split environment inside an align environment, it works as it should, but then the next time I use the RevTeX \tensor{} ...
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Amsmath error occurs
I have error
! Missing } inserted.
}
l.9 { -1+2/[1+3\exp(-2|J|/k_BT)],&
$T
MWE
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
...
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Add spacing before and after `\hline` in an array in an equation
I'm trying to add a little bit of space before and after the \hline in this matrix:
\documentclass[a4paper,journal]{IEEEtran}
\usepackage[cmex10]{amsmath}
\interdisplaylinepenalty=2500
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\@ifnextchar inside pmatrix?
I created a function which handles a superscript followed after the function. I do that by using \@ifnextchar^. Everything works well, except in any pmatrix environment. Why?
As a quick-and-dirty ...
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How do I get this strange alignment?
I would like to get a nonstandard alignment in the following code:
\begin{align}
\text{First left hand side} & = \text{First right hand side} \\
\text{Second left hand side} & = ...
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amsmath - bidi - siunitx possible bug?
MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage[detect-all]{siunitx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[math-style=ISO,bold-style=ISO]{unicode-math}
...
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How to replace $$ .. $$ by \[…\] [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
replace often used Tex-Literals ($ and $$) for math regions into \( or \) and \[ or \]
When I started using latex, I wrote mathematical formulae separated from ...
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minipage is wider than I wanted
Occasionally, the width of a minipage environment seems to be ignored. I've not kept accurate records of when this has happened. But below is purely illustrative code that shows the issue.
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Nested Environ's give “! Argument of … has an extra }” error
I tried using two Environ's in a nested fashion, but I get the
! Argument of \marray has an extra }
error. Any idea why this happens?
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{amsmath,environ}
...
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flushing lines in gather environment [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I add left aligned text to an equation?
I need to write a system with sub-items looking like this:
\begin{subequations}
\begin{gather}
\text{
{\textit{First ...
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Footnote in align enviroment
It appears that one is not supposed to use \footnote in math mode as per this appropriately named question: Footnote in math mode. However, it appears that I can get it to work without having to ...
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Correct usage of \ifmmode
Seems that there is some subtlety in using \ifmmode that I am not aware of. For some reason, using:
\newcommand{\hlcodeA}[1]{\ifmmode\else\small\fi\texttt{\hilight{#1}}}%
is not quite identical ...
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How do I make the \min and max bold?
Refering to this question
How to make the table fit into the column?
How should I make the \min and \max bold?
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alignat makes 3 good alignments and 1 bad
I'm having a problem with the alignat environment. This code:
\begin{alignat*}{9}
&X_{12}&+X_{13}& & & & & & & &=1 ...
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Unwanted space before flalign
Why is there so much vertical space between the subsection heading and the equation in the following example. How do I get rid of it?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\begin{document}
...
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Why does \mathrm{\varphi} work, but \text{\varphi} does not?
This:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
$\mathrm{\varphi}$
\end{document}
Versus:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
$\text{\varphi}$
...
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A medium dot in math mode
Is there a nice way to produce a medium-sized dot to use in a formula like this:
$x_{i\cdot} = \sum_{j} x_{ij}$
The \cdot is not very visible.
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Spacing of consecutive equation versus a single gather
I know the spacing produced by the following two approaches is slightly different. So my question is which one should I choose? Is it about personal preference?
With 3 consecutive equation ...
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Displaying numbers above each other (like a fraction), but without horizontal line and with less vertical space between them
I want to have a 2x2 matrix of arrows (\uparrow and \downarrow) to illustrate electronic spins. I've managed to get a fraction without the horizontal line using \genfrac, but I can't figure out how to ...
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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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Compatibility between amsmath and exscale
Both the amsmath package and the exscale package define the delimiter macros \big, \Big, \bigg and \Bigg based on the internal macro \bBigg@. However, as the following minimal example reveals the ...
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Is there a left-handed equivalent of \implies?
I’m aware of and use the \implies and \iff commands to denote right-handed implication and if and only if (so A=>B and A<=>B). I’ve been looking for a similar command for left-handed implication ...
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Incompatibility of zref-perpage and amsmath
If amsmath is loaded after zref-perpage, zref-perpage will not reset counters in each page. What should be done to fix this except changing the loading order:
\documentclass{article}
...
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Global inline formula breaks configuration
How I can configure inline formula breaks globally without changing original formulas? What package can help me?
I saw this post, but the trick with comma does not work.
UPDATE
The formulas look ...
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Command to uppercase the first letter of a maths command
This question is a bit similar to Command to uppercase the first letter of each word in a sentence.
What I want is to build a new command for being used just at math mode, using the ...
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svmono+amsmath causes a warning
\documentclass{svmono}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\end{document}
generates the warning
Package amsmath Warning: Unable to redefine math accent \vec.
Is there any way to remove this ...
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votes
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How to define a new math operator with \mathclap in its arguments?
I would like to define a math operator with \mathop and I would like its arguments to be automatically put in a zero width box with \mathclap. Defining an operator, e.g. \sum, with \newcommand
...
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Vertical spacing before and after equation environment: empty line or not?
The vertical spacing in front of and behind the amsmath equation environment is different whether I insert a blank line or not (im using KOMA-Script with parskip=half if this is important). I'd like ...
