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1answer
134 views

“Extra \fi” errors in equation environment with savetrees

I get the Extra \fi error for the \end{equation} line in the following code. \documentclass{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{savetrees} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} ...
4
votes
2answers
155 views

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, ...
2
votes
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} $< ...
5
votes
1answer
100 views

Makeindex error when ! used in \index in align environment

See MWE below. The symbol ! in the \index causes an error. This is only the case in align environments (not in equation). So it seems to have to do something with amsmath. If ! is put in an \mbox ...
11
votes
1answer
357 views

Lost labels using intertext with varioref and hyperref

I have a problem using \intertext together with \vref when hyperref is also used. Consider the following minimal example: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath, varioref} ...
0
votes
1answer
516 views

Error using the package makeidx

My index is working smoothly with the command \makeindex alone. However, when I put \usepackage{makeidx}\makeindex compilation gives two errors as 1. Command \see already defined. ...
0
votes
1answer
3k views

Any reason why \blacksquare and \box are causing errors?

I am using the amsmath package. I just want a black box at the end of a proof, right-justified. \blacksquare and \box both cause errors. Actually, I'd prefer a musical quarter note if that's ...
2
votes
2answers
171 views

Unable to include equation featuring special symbols

I am designing an article, and using the amsmath package. I tried to use the following to include an equation in my document: \begin{equation} |\psi\rangle = \alpha|0\rangle + \beta|1\rangle ...
0
votes
2answers
1k views

The argument of foo has an extra }.

I'm trying to write a command that does, effectively, an \fbox in something like an align environment. The following code works: \usepackage{etextools} \makeatletter ...
3
votes
1answer
8k views

using subequations

I have an equation consisting of two parts and would like to use subequation for that. Here's the code: \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{subequations} \begin{equation} \operatorname{min}_{a,b,c} ...
2
votes
2answers
315 views

Why does \everydisplay conflict with gather and multline

When gather* is used together with \everydisplay an error is produced. Is there a possibility to make these work together? Minimal working example: \documentclass{ctexart} \usepackage{amsmath,color} ...
8
votes
1answer
656 views

Amsmath has problems with $e^{\sum{x}}$

Running the code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} Test: $e^{\sum{x}}$ \end{document} Dies, yet it runs just fine with the \usepackage{amsmath} commented out. The logs ...
4
votes
2answers
3k views

alignat problem

Whenever I try to use the alignat environment, it doesn't seem to work on my computer! I tried the following simple code (my file had \usepackage{amsmath}): \begin{alignat}{3} \min \quad x_1 ...