# Issues aligning equations

I thought I was doing everything correctly, but clearly not. I want my equations (all whether I use \begin{flalign} or ) to be aligned each other (have the same indent), and then when using the flalign I want the equations to align at the & sign. I have put in fleqn in the document class, I have used \mathindent, however when I use flalign although the equation itself aligns at the & marks like it should, the start of the equation does not match the indent of the equation above. Currently I have the following (Excuse the massive preamble I put it in incase something was countering something else or if that is where the issue is):

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,fleqn,titlepage]{report}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\setlength{\mathindent}{1cm}

\begin{document}

$$\label{whatever} a = b$$

words and stuff

\begin{flalign*}
a & = b&
\\
& = c&
\\
& = d&
\end{flalign*}

\end{document}

• Please reduce your example. There are irrelevant packages and commands for your issue. – Marco Daniel Apr 12 '13 at 12:30
• It is as easy for you to remove packages from the preamble and check that the problem is still there as it is anyone else. – David Carlisle Apr 12 '13 at 12:36
• Has been edited, apologies. – adrem7 Apr 12 '13 at 12:52
• it is still far from minimal \documentclass[a4paper,12pt,fleqn,titlepage]{report} \usepackage{amsmath} \setlength{\mathindent}{1cm} \begin{document} would have been enough (I was going to post an answer but Ethan beat me to it by a second or two:-) – David Carlisle Apr 12 '13 at 12:53

Use align* instead of flalign*.
• @adrem7 The point is flalign flushes the output to the extremes in a page. To see this, look at the documentation (p.27 as printed, p.31 pdf page number): here – kan Apr 12 '13 at 13:06