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}
\[(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h)\]
\[(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h)\]
\[(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h)\]
\end{document}
If I use more than 3 consecutive displaymath lines the same phenomenon happens: the vertical skip between the first two is considerably larger than the space between any further two lines. Any workarounds? I am using MikTex 2.9 with TeXnicCenter.
Never use consecutive math environments. The correct output can be obtained by
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{gather*}
(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h)\\
(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h)\\
(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h)
\end{gather*}
\end{document}
The amsmath package has a bunch of environments for proper math typesetting, consult its documentation; you should have on your system the file amsldoc.pdf that contains it.
gather*, a page break is normally disallowed, but the workaround is to replace each \\ with \displaybreak[0]\\ or something like that.
– ShreevatsaR
Apr 16 '18 at 9:13
amsmath. In my opinion, allowing arbitrary page breaks between displayed equations is bad and judgment should be used.
– egreg
Apr 16 '18 at 9:16
Whenever you have two or more consecutive lines of displaymath, you should seriously consider using the equation-grouping environments of the amsmath package. The basic equation-grouping environments of this package are gather, best if each line is a separate entity not particularly related to those that come before or after, and align, designed to let you align consecutive equations on some location, frequently (but not necessarily) an equal-sign. A line break between equations is created by the \\ command. There are both numbered and unnumbered versions of these environments -- the latter are created by appending an asterisk to the environment name, e.g., gather* and align*. The following modified form of your MWE has consistent (and tight) spacing between the equations.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{gather*}
(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h)\\
(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h)\\
(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h)
\end{gather*}
\end{document}
The amsmath package provides additional equation-grouping environments besides the two I've just mentioned, as well as many other commands that are very useful if you need to typeset math-related stuff. Its main user guide is the file amsldoc.pdf.
Before the first equation should be some "text", eg:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\mbox{}
\[(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h)\]
%
\[(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h)\]
%
\[(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h)\]
\end{document}
amsmathpackage gives you even vertical spacing. However, consecutive displays should be avoided. Agatherenvironment (fromamsmath) could be used instead. – Gonzalo Medina Sep 19 '11 at 19:52