# Aligning equations with a label [duplicate]

I just discovered how to use flalign* to left justify my multi-line equation, but I would like it to start immediately after the a) lim... in my enumerate without going to the next line.

\begin{enumerate}
\item \begin{flalign*}
L&=\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}\frac{n}{n^2-1}&\\
&=\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}\frac{n}{n^2-1}\frac{(\frac{1}{n^2})}{(\frac{1}{n^2})}‌​\\
&=\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}\frac{\frac{n}{n^2}}{\frac{n^2}{n^2}-\frac{1}{n^2}}\\
&=\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}\frac{\frac{1}{n}}{1-\frac{1}{n^2}}\\
&=\frac{0}{1-0}\\
&=0
\end{flalign*}
\item


It always goes to the next line. How do I move it up?

## marked as duplicate by Peter Grill, Peter Jansson, Thorsten, Svend Tveskæg, Charles StewartJan 29 '14 at 20:04

• If you are not using a multi-line equation, you should just use $<eqn>$, rather than \begin{flalign*}<eqn>\end{flalign*}. – Werner Jan 29 '14 at 17:29
• The first line in the flalign* includes a second & - is that intentional? – Stephen Jan 29 '14 at 19:07