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Problem with using multline and align

I am LaTeX begginer and when I run this equation, I am getting the error: ! Argument \align* has an extra {. Here is the equation. \begin{multline} \begin{align*} C_s & = \displaystyle ...
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A vertically centered equation number on a multline environment

The multline environment does exactly what I want in splitting a long formula between lines by utilizing the horizontal space to the fullest. (I don't want the alignment features of the align ...
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4answers
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How to align a system of multiline equations?

I've got a system of equations, each of them doesn't fit the page width, so I'm searching the way to align them so that: the brace should appear to the left with no indentation the first line of ...
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3answers
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How do I obtain multline-type alignment within a group of equations?

I want to achieve something like the following (for now achieved using Microsoft Paint): That is, I want to group a number of multi-line equations within a single equation-type environment (i.e. ...
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6answers
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Multiline equation with LHS alone on first line?

I would like my multiline equations to look like this: Left-hand-side of my equation = right-hand-side number 1 = right-hand-side number 2 = etc. I know there is a simple way to do ...
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1answer
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Flexible equation, align, multline environment

I'm looking for a command (say \foo{}) or pair of commands (say \foos, \fooe) that behave like: equation environment if there is no \\ nor & multline if there is a single \\ align if there are ...
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2answers
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Multiline equation and text

I would really like to get a multiline equation with text explaining each step. I've got close with \begin{equation*} \begin{split} A \simeq & B \mbox{[Lemma 8.35(iii)]} \\ \simeq ...
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1answer
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Left/Right across multiline equation

I have a multiline equation that I want to have matching sized parentheses. The advice I read online was to use \left( equation \right. \\ left. rest-of-equation \right) . However, this syntax leaves ...