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I have an issue using split inside an empheq environment.

When combining both environments, the alignment of the empheq is broken.

Any clues ?

If this is a duplicate or an obvious/known incompatibility, my apologies in advance.

\documentclass[]{article}

\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{empheq}


\begin{document}

Equations that can fit
\begin{empheq}[left=\empheqlbrace]{align}
& aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\\
& bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
\end{empheq}

Equations that can't
\begin{empheq}[left=\empheqlbrace]{align}
& aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\\
& bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
\end{empheq}

So I split the first equation
\begin{empheq}[left=\empheqlbrace]{align}
& \begin{split}
& aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\\
& aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
\end{split}\\
bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
a\end{empheq}

\end{document}

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  • in the first two you have the (strange) setting with only a right hand side so all the terms are after a & but in the third equation there is no & before bbbbb so it comes to the left of the aaaa as the split is after a &
    – David Carlisle
    Aug 17, 2018 at 20:51
  • You'll get the same with algin instead of empheq, it is caused by the missing & as @DavidCarlisle mentioned. And you'll have to remove the & prior to split.
    – Skillmon
    Aug 17, 2018 at 20:53
  • That's precisely the difference between the split and the aligned syntax.
    – Bernard
    Aug 17, 2018 at 21:35
  • @Bernard, now I just found tex.stackexchange.com/questions/187938/… and tex.stackexchange.com/questions/192069/…. I guess i will remove my post...
    – BambOo
    Aug 17, 2018 at 21:47
  • @BambOo: I don't think it's necessary, as it's sometimes hard to question the (answered) question which match exactly yours. I'd rather add a link to these questions as a complement.
    – Bernard
    Aug 17, 2018 at 21:50

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It is also compatible with aligned, which can replace split. Note that empheq loads mathtools, which loads amsmath, so you only have to load the first of these packages.

\documentclass[]{article}

\usepackage{empheq}

\begin{document}

Equations that can fit
\begin{empheq}[left=\empheqlbrace]{align}
& aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\\
& bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
\end{empheq}

Equations that can't
\begin{empheq}[left=\empheqlbrace]{align}
& aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\\
& bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
\end{empheq}

It works with `aligned`:

\begin{empheq}[left=\empheqlbrace]{align}
& \begin{aligned}[b]
  & aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\\
  & aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
\end{aligned}\\
 & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
\end{empheq}

\end{document}

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  • Yes, indeed it is working with aligned. +1 for the answer, however it doesn't really solve the issue between split and empheq. Thank you anyway
    – BambOo
    Aug 17, 2018 at 21:24
  • I very rarely use split, so I didn't even try to understand what was happening there, as most of the time, aligned (or alignedat) can replace it
    – Bernard
    Aug 17, 2018 at 21:32
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Adding the missing & and removing the one prior to split does solve your issue:

\documentclass[]{article}

\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{empheq}


\begin{document}

Equations that can fit
\begin{empheq}[left=\empheqlbrace]{align}
& aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\\
& bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
\end{empheq}

Equations that can't
\begin{empheq}[left=\empheqlbrace]{align}
& aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\\
& bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
\end{empheq}

So I split the first equation
\begin{empheq}[left=\empheqlbrace]{align}
 \begin{split}
& aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\\
& aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
\end{split}\\
&bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
a\end{empheq}
\end{document}

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