{equations} is about the various environments to typeset displaystyle mathematics, e.g. equation and {align}. For general questions about mathematical typesetting use {math-mode}. Both tags are possible on the same question.
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Exporting all equations from a document as individual svg files
I'm currently a presentation based on a paper originally written in Latex. Currently, I use Kile and Ubuntu for my work.
What I'm finding is that I need a large number of the equations from the ...
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Equation numbers in outer margins on a two-sided document
I'm looking for a two-sided extension to the solution for this question:
Put equation numbers in the sidemargin with Tufte-Latex class
This post seems relevant:
Equation tag in twoside-mode outer
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Big Parenthesis in an Equation
I have an equation contained inside \[...\], which automatically makes a \sum with sub- and superscripts turn big--so that the summation sign looks awkward inside parenthesis. Any idea how to make ...
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Can I insert an image into an equation?
I would like to use a small image in an equation, where a symbol like \alpha might otherwise be. Is there a nice way to do this?
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How to link an equation in LaTeX
I am wondering how I can link an equation in LaTeX, I mean when I click on the link then I'll be directed to that specific equation.
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Punctuation in equations
My document will contain a lot of equations, and as usual in that case I would like to use "punctuation" in the equations, like commas, colons, periods/full stops, semicolons, etc.
Is there a special ...
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Is it possible to have a “real” \belowdisplayshortskip?
I think this is a tough one. Have you ever wondered why TeX sometimes produces vertical spacing around equations that is far from satisfactory? An example:
\documentclass{article}
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How to write conditional equations with one-sided curly brackets
I want to write a conditional expression such as the following.
What is the best way to express such conditional expressions in Latex?
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Replace the `$$ … $$` macro with the `\[ … \]` macros? - Prefer the way LaTeX lays it out, but `$` are faster to write
Is there a way to replace the $$ ... $$ macro with the \[ ... \] macros? (and replace inline mathmode as well)
I realised the only way I can write the \sum_{i=1}^{10} t_i is between the \[ ... \] ...
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How can I center text/math inside a list environment?
When using math (display) mode in conjunction with a list environment, the displayed material is not truly centered on the page; it is only centered with respect to the indentation of the item. ...
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Custom alignment of columns in align environment
I need to typeset two columns of equations, each row typeset with an equation number to the right as with an ordinary equation. The first column must be centered, and the second column must be ...
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Left-aligned text inside an equation
Inside an equation-like environment, I'd like to have some text that is aligned to the left margin of the text block, something like \intertext, but in the same line as the equation
Something like ...
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Uneven vertical spacing displaymath
I would like to ask you why we have uneven vertical skips between the first two and last two vectors, coming from the source:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\[(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h)\]
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Displaying an equation in a list
How could one get a displayed equation inside a list environment, say itemize, so that the equation is both centered horizontally and on the same line as the bullet, but with the bullet still on the ...
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Errors in matrix equation?
I'm getting errors in a matrix equation. When I compile it looks fine, but I'd like to fix them so I don't have to press return for every error at compile time. The code for the equation is:
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Suppress equation number when not refered to
Is is possible to use only equation or align environments without the * and then automatically suppress the equation number if there is nothing refering to that equation? It would make the LaTeX-life ...
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What useful web services are out there?
Looking at this question, I wonder what good and useful web services are out there. For example the LaTeX symbol classifier looks interesting. You can draw a symbol with your mouse and get back the ...
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What to do with this hyperref note on amsmath?
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hyperref/ has this note copied below:
amsmath
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The environments equation and eqnarray are not supported too well.
For ...
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Should one use thousands separators in equations?
I understand that this is not strictly a TeX question but I have recently been asked to correct an equation presented as the first example in the image below to that of the second example i.e., to use ...
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How can I illustrate decimal to binary conversion?
As part of my homework for discrete math I need to convert different decimal values, both positive and negative, to 8-bit binary representations using signed magnitude, 1's complement, and 2's ...
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Does amsmath provide any medium to auto-break equations?
I'm writing large equations in texlive with amsmath, and I want them to be automatically broken at the end of the line. Is there any way to do that with amsmath?
What would you recommend me to do ...
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Is there a difference between the `displaymath` and `equation*` environments?
The amsmath documentation says
Basic LaTeX doesn’t provide an equation* environment, but rather a functionally equivalent environment named displaymath.
Are they really the same or is there a ...
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Defining a new command for making functional lines / package
As you have probably guessed from the title my mother tounge is not English.
Therefore I have no idea if "Functional lines" is the correct term for what I am looking for.
Basically I am looking to ...
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Generating a worksheet
My objective is to be able to generate worksheets in categories like:
Laws of Indices
Simultaneous Linear equations and
Quadratic equations
When I say generate is to generate for example 20 ...
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Inserting/Numbering/Labelling/Referencing several times the same equation written in various form
I'm looking for an automatic way in LaTeX to number a same equation that would be inserted several times (under different forms for instance). The output would look something like:
some text
x-y=0 ...
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Black and white emphasis for \boxed?
I am using \boxed to place emphasis on important equations in an assignment I am typing up, and would like to give the final answer a bit of extra emphasis. I'm using \begin{equation} ... ...
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Equation numbering problems in AMSMath environments with \pause
I'm writing a beamer presentation, and trying (unsuccessfully) to use \pause to step through a numbered array of equations, with the equations appearing in turn, and the corresponding numbers ...
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Reducing font size in equation
I wanted to type an equation in LaTeX. But it is too long to fit into one line. It involves big arrays with many columns so I cannot split it. I wanted to reduce the font size so that it can fit in ...
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How do I keep a string of text together without it doing a line break?
I'm writing up a long paper, in which in prose I have various equations. However, I do not want a line break to occur within the equation - I want the equation to stick together. I want to do this ...
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List of Equations / Table of Equations
After finding Table of Equations and http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=428, I set about making a List of Equations for my document. The catch here is that we already have a ...
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Modifying \everydisplay causes the align* environment to stop working
I want all displayed mathematics in my document to be typeset in the style of inline mathematics. In his answer to this question, Matthew Leingang explains how to do the opposite (typeset all inline ...
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hf-tikz doesn't box around equation
In TikZ based \boxed construct is causing pdflatex to hang it was suggested to use hf-tikz instead of manually using tikz. The documentation indicates that this package doesn't work properly for tall ...
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How can I add size of Tikz drawing into size of equation?
This is slightly modified code from Frédéric's answer to How can I add clips above matrix?
\documentclass{mwrep}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{tikz}
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Left-alignment like Fleqn-option only for specific equations
I want to left-align some equations. (Note: I want to align the equations themselves, not code inside of the equations.)
I have the following example code:
\documentclass{scrartcl}
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How to write a function (piecewise) with bracket outside?
How to write this Piecewise function using LaTeX?
I tried
$
\begin{array}{cc}
\{ &
\begin{array}{cc}
0 & x\leq 0 \\
\frac{100-x}{100} & 0\leq x\leq 100 \\
0 ...
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Too much space at the top of a beamer block when using multilined math environment
I would like to place two math lines in a beamer block, as two separately
centered lines.
I know that I could do this using two distinct equation environments, but it would be nicer to use a single ...
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How to increase the spacing between equations in “gather”?
Is there a way to consistently increase the vertical spacing between equation lines in a gather (or gather*) environment from amsmath?
Specifically, I want to produce something like
\begin{gather*}
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Spacing issue for newenvironment wrapper of equation environment
If I create a custom environment based on the equation environment, I get a spacing issue: the next line of text after my environment closes doesn't start on the left margin.
Example code:
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Coloured equation number (without changing colour of reference using hyperref)
I am working on a file where I am using the package hyperref so that the references to equations are linked and coloured. Here is a MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
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Which packages/practices are relevant for writing Structured Derivations? (similar to Dijkstra's calculational style of proofs)
Does anyone know of any packages that support this style of writing proofs?
The only things that I've found are: tex-ewd, a bunch of plain TeX macros on CTAN written specifically with Dijkstra in ...
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Setting a single equation in a paragraph in a smaller font
I'm trying to figure out the best way of making a single equation just a little bit smaller. Of course, I could try and break up the equation into pieces and proceed that way, but I'd like to ...
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How can I add numbers to specific equations in an eqnarray*?
I know how to use \nonumber or \notag in \begin{eqnarray} \end{eqnarray} environment.
But is there something like \addnumber or \addtag in \begin{eqnarray*} \end{eqnarray*} environment ?
For ...
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How to Make Theorems and Equations Share Numbering
How do I make theorems and equations share numbering? The default numbering system goes like this:
Theorem 1. Blah blah blah...
1=0+1 (1)
Theorem 2. More blahs...
Theorem 3. No more ...
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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 ...
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side-by-side equations, with equation numbers for each
The align command from amsmath allows me to put two equations side-by-side:
\begin{align}
x = y && a = b
\end{align}
Unfortunately for my purposes, this shows both equations under one ...
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Why doesn't lineno number a paragraph when it is followed by an indented equation?
While searching for the source of missing line numbers, I realized that paragraphs followed immediately by an equation have no line number, but this is fixed when a space is included,
e.g. the ...
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Multiply defined labels using hyperref
I'm using the stackrel command to indicate important steps in the transformation of formulas. E.g. I would write: A\stackrel{(!)}{=}B so that I can later explain in text why exactly A equals B.
I've ...
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Excess vertical space in mdframed ending with display math environment
When the mdframed environment ends with an align there is excess vertical spacing at the bottom. I would like to adjust the MyBoxedEnvironment environment such that the vertical space at the bottom ...
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Using braces to label parts of an equation
Given an equation, say Bayes' rule,
$P(X \mid O) \propto P(X)P(O \mid X)$
how do I label the different parts of the equation using curly braces?
