159 questions linked to/from eqnarray vs align
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### Eqnarray vs align environments [duplicate]

I keep reading that \begin{align} is preferred to \begin{eqnarray}. Unfortunately, I can't get align to justify rcl. I'll change between align and eqnarray, and the rightmost column is right ...
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### How to break a long equation? [duplicate]

I have a long equation but long enough to occupy two lines. I want to break it to improve readability. How can I break it? F = \{F_{x} \in F_{c} : (|S| > |C|) \cap (minPixels &...
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### How to color math symbols?

One can use the command such as \textcolor[rgb]{1.00,0.00,0.00}{boundary} to color the word "boundary" in a document. Here is my question: How to color the math symbols in ? For example, can one ...
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### Documents with typical LaTeX errors

I am giving a LaTeX course and have the idea to let the students find and solve problems within a few documents. Basically they shall learn how to create minimal examples and read error messages. ...
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### Defining custom commands is bad style?

I recently received this in a e-mail from my professor Good LaTeX style would preclude creating any of your own commands, counters, etc. (Most journals would reject submissions with user-defined ...
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### Footnote in math mode

How can I insert a footnote into math mode? I tried this (with required packages) \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{hyperref} \usepackage{ccaption} And i.e if I try \begin{eqnarray} foo && ...
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### How to correctly format (and align) a LaTeX proof?

I'm new to LaTeX and I'm trying to figure out how to correctly format a proof. Can someone show me a basic template for how to do this? The part I am having the most trouble with is creating new ...
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### Which command should I use for displayed equations?

A number of related questions have already been asked about this issue: align vs equation which is preferable to what to do with this hyperref note on amsmath and even eqnarray vs align But I'm ...
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### Write fraction out of equation

I want to write as a math fraction 1/4 " ( a quarter of inch). I want to write this fraction out of an equation because is a characteristic of an element.
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### Illegal unit of measure(pt inserted)

I can't find my fault and appreciate any help for curing the error. Here is the code: \documentclass[a4]{paper} \usepackage{graphicx,slashed,color,amssymb} \usepackage{xspace,colortbl,times,pause} %\...
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### How to draw the calculation of a determinant?

I'm trying to reproduce the following calculation of a determinant in latex: Any ideas? I thought of using the tabular environment but unfortunately I'm not able to align the "=" correctly.
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I would like to be able to align the minus sign in a matrix so that the minus is to the left of the numerical column. I have written my matrix as the following: \begin{eqnarray} \left( \begin{...
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### align vs. equation: Which way is typograpically preferred?

The main differences between align and equation are the spaces and that align cannot be used with split, as far as I know. What would be, from a typographic point of view, the preferred practice? ...