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How to adjust the blank space between the top of the left curly brace and the contents?

I want to type a system of equations delimited by the left curly brace. And I tried using the \left{ with aligned, and cases, and array, and numcases. But there are some difference between the results ...
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1answer
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How to make dcases environment work in LaTeX

I'm using Kile (kde4) on Mac OS. I can use the cases environment just fine but my version of Kile doesn't have dcases. I'm using Kile via MacPorts. Does anyone know of a way to update my distribution ...
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Centering case-defined functions in the middle of the page and centering a figure(diagram)

I have two questions regarding centering: I am trying to center a case-defined function, say defined as follows: $f_i(z)=$ \begin{cases}\frac{1}{t}dist (z,\gamma_i ) &\text {if} z\in A_i(t)\\ ...
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prooftree from bussproofs package inside “cases” environment

I am using bussproofs package to provide some type proofs. According to bussproofs manual, it is impossible to use prooftree inside math mode. However, I would like to insert prooftree in the cases ...
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How can I do this without the cases?

How can I do this without the cases? $\begin{cases} \dfrac{\partial u(x,y)}{\partial x}=2x=\dfrac{\partial v(x,y)}{\partial y} \\ \dfrac{\partial u(x,y)}{\partial y}=-2y=- \dfrac{\partial ...
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Error with dcases*

I'm using LaTeX to write up my math notes and have been fairly successful implementing most of the styles I'm trying to figure out. I seem to be having trouble with the environment dcases* though. ...
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How to align nested cases?

Please consider the code bellow: \begin{align*} function = \begin{cases} case1 &\mbox{if } n = 0 \\ \begin{cases} case2 &\mbox{if } n = 1 \\ ...
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1answer
353 views

Missing $ error in math mode

I have the following LaTeX code (beginning from line 80): \begin{definition} $\hat{n}_{v}$ = \begin{cases} $n_{v}$ & \text{ if } $v \in$ \text{connected component of size} $< ...
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line break inside cases environment

I have an equation using a cases environment, with one case with a long description text: \begin{eqnarray*} \begin{cases} 1 \text{too long description of the first case, not ...
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Is there a “cases” environment in text mode?

The title says it all: The "cases" environment works only in math mode. Is there an alternative in text mode?
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2 left alignments under cases

I would like to align something under cases as follows: value1 if condition value2 line1ofvalue2... otherwise line2ofvalue2.. line3ofvalue2. First, there are ...
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How to denote a logical matrix (mask) as used in image processing?

Updated Below In my thesis, I am discussing an image processing mask, which is a matrix of the same size as some image but with ones where that image meets some criteria and zeroes elsewhere. I am ...
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what are the ways to align conditions in cases

For example, the following is not very nice: [f(x)]_N=\begin{cases} f(x) \text{ if } f(x) \le N, \\ \newline N \text{ if } f(x) \gt N. \end{cases} How can I make it nicer?
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Cases with square brackets

How can I subdivide in cases with square brackets? I mean I want to write: ⌈ 2_i if ... rank (q, l) = | 2_i + 1 if ... ⌊ .... with square brackets, not ...
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Proper punctuation after cases environment

I know that when writing a displayed equation, it's correct to write punctuation before the closing \] as follows: This proves \[ x^2 = 3, \] and it follows that \[ x = \pm\sqrt{3}. \] If I'm using ...