Questions tagged [amsmath]
{amsmath} is a package provided by AMS that enhances LaTeX's mathematical typesetting capabilities in various ways.
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Equation number messes with horizontal alignment
I have an equation with long lines that doesn't align very well:
Equations (9) and (10) are identical except for the equation numbers, and the first line of either equation marginally fits into the ...
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How to align and center standalone amsmath equations?
I had this code produce the following document. I wanted to align a few things.
Particularly under the "degree sequence" heading:
\documentclass[varwidth,margin=2mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{amsmath,...
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Environment to hide number from numbered equations
I'd like to create an environment that hides equation numbers from numbered equations. I'd should work like this:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
% ---------------------------
% \begin{...
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Hiding an environment but keeping equation labels and their numbers inside
I want to hide some of the proofs of some lecture notes that are given to students. I defined a new proof environment hiddenproof because I want to only hide some of the proofs. I can then hide this ...
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Why the various definitions of the thin space \,?
Knuths definition of \, is \mskip\thinmuskip.
LaTeX changes this definition to
\DeclareRobustCommand{\,}{%
\relax\ifmmode\mskip\thinmuskip\else\thinspace\fi
}
\def\thinspace{\kern .16667em }
...
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How to make a small $\varhexagon$ in latex?
I would like to have a command that shrinks down the size of $\varhexagon$ from the wasysym package in latex to a very small size.
In principle, $\tiny \varhexagon$ does what I want, but apparently ...
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Interior of Set Notation
I would like to denote the interior of a set using the three letters "int". However, $\int$ clearly doesn't work as that is the integral sign. I would like it to look similar to how "min" looks when ...
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Conflict between some packages
Here are the packages I am using, but it keeps reporting an error:
LaTeX Error: Command \theoremstyle already defined. Or name \end...
illegal, see p.192 of the manual.
Example:
\documentclass[...
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Align centered, ragged right and ragged left in align environment
Writing
\begin{align*}
&& a &= b\\
\Leftrightarrow&& b &= c\\
\Leftrightarrow&& c + 2 &= 3 + 5\\
\Leftrightarrow&& d + c + ...
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“! Package amsmath Error: \begin{alignat} allowed only in paragraph mode.”, what is this?
I'm encountering a issue with amsmath.
I'm trying to compile this code:
\documentclass[border=1pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\begin{document}
\begin{...
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How do I write a formula in words in LaTeX?
I want to write this equation in LaTeX:
This my LaTeX code for the equation:
\begin{equation} \nonumber
q^*_1 =\frac{\text{number of women who had their second birth in 1971}}{\text{number of ...
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how to write double superscript over \xrightarrow
Instead of one line above the arrow I want to be able to write two lines over it. How can I achieve this?
With this code I can only achieve one line:
\xrightarrow[]{something}
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How do you type allocation rule?
I am trying to type this allocation rule in to my latex document
I can't figure out how would you type it.
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Warn me when the equation number is pushed to the next line
Is it possible to let amsmath warn me when the equation is too long and pushes the number to the next line?
I expect either it prints Equation (1) too long to console or it makes the (1) part red.
\...
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Centering a symbol with overset
I'm attempting to center the \faPiedPiper symbol over a single letter like so:
\documentclass[letterpaper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{fontawesome, amsmath, fourier}
\begin{document}
$\overset{\text{\...
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Limit controls must follow a math operator
I'm receiving "Limit controls must follow a math operator" error. Googled it, tried, nothing helped. Appears on Overleaf 2.0, using makefile in Cent OS, Fedora. Using pkgs geometry, amsmath, amsthm, ...
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Trouble with long equation in LaTeX
I'm using the following packages:
\usepackage{mathrsfs}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{amsmath,latexsym}
in order to write the following equation.
\begin{eqnarray*}
\frac{\partial\mathscr{L}}{\...
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fontspec breaks capital greek letters in DeclareMathOperator
Using fontspec together with amsmath breaks the use of capital greek letters in \DeclareMathOperator. Instead, the greek letter just is omitted.
Here is a minimal working example:
%! TEX program = ...
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Align exponent and number below each other
I´m trying to align the exponent with a normal number below each other using align. However I´m not able to use the & in the exponent to tell where it should be aligned.
The desired output should ...
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Typing Amharic inside a math equation?
I want to type the following
Here is my MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{ethiop,amsmath}
\begin{document}
\[
\int_{\mbox{'alamenahe}}^{\mbox{'abAs}} \mbox{'abAs}=\mbox{'abAs}
\]
\end{...
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Overset alignment above text and inserted whitespace
I'd like to insert an annotation above equations without breaking the spacing of that equation. The annotation should be aligned to the left, and begin with an arrow that points down on the first ...
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fontspec + amsmath - problem with kerning in math-mode
I have a file that loads a Times-like font and then a package that use the font in math-mode. Everything works fine under pdflatex including proper kerning of \operatorname{}
% To be processed with ...
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How to add vertical spacing between definitions
I'm trying to add vertical space between definitions, theorems, etc. For example, if set up something like:
\begin{definition}
blah blah blah
\end{definition}
%%%should be space here but there's ...
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argument of @sect has an extra run away argument
I am new to latex, so excuse me.
I keep getting "argument of @sect has an extra run away argument" and I don't know how to fix it. Thanks
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{...
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Create a line break in a subscript-position term
My code is
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amssymb,bm}
\begin{equation}
\nabla_{\theta} \bm{J}(\theta) =
\mathbb{E}_{s \sim T^{\bm{\pi}}, a \sim \bm{\pi}_{\theta}}
[\nabla_{\theta} \log \bm{\...
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How to get rid of & in cases environment but still get the same space in the surroundings
Recently I asked a question on chat but I was told that I have to ask it on the main site, so here I am.
I am using cases environment to create multiple system of equations separated by a symbol e.g. ...
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Spacing in matrix entities
I will try to get something like in the picture below:
I have tried a code but the spacing are quite large compared to the spacing in the picture
\begin{equation}
\begin{matrix}
\xi_1 & = &...
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Is there a way to draw the little black square at the end of proof without using the environment \begin{proof}?
Is there a way to draw the little black square at the end of proof without using the environment \begin{proof}... \end{proof}?
I know that one way is like says in this question but I'd like to know ...
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How to type summation notation with a vertical line in Latex?
I need to type the following summation symbol in Latex. Could anyone help me? Literally, there needs to be a vertical line in a summation symbol, and $\hat{\beta}_2$ is just a subscript. Thanks in ...
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Centering math while having comments to the right
I'm trying to have math like in the gather* environment, where the math equations are centered within their space, but also have comments to the right explaining the steps. How can I do this? Below is ...
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Border strip tableau
I would like to draw border strip tableaux in Latex. Such a tableau is a tiling of a partition shape (or skew-partition shaped) diagram with labeled border strips such that in each row and column, the ...
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Renewcommand with ensuremath and brackets
I'm making a .sty file (which is called my-macros.sty and is in my home /texmf directory) where I define some commands that I constantly use. Among these commands, there are the following
\newcommand{...
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How to align a variable whose sign is absent with a variable whose sign is present while both are inside `\begin{cases}\end{cases}`?
I can't seem to align variables properly since one of them leaves its sign behind on alignment.
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
% NO ALIGNMENT
$\begin{gathered}
|x|=
...
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Vertical spacing in fraction unbalanced [duplicate]
I have some math structured like the following in a display math environment:
\left( \frac{ \left( \frac{a}{b} \right)^{e} }{L} \right)
Apparently, the outer fraction is centered vertically in the ...
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Aligning reaction equation with amsmath
Basically, I'm trying to use amsmath to align the 2 possible outcomes of a reaction, which naturally does not include an equals sign.
\begin{equation}
\ce{^{2}_{1}H} + \ce{^{2}_{1}H} &\rightarrow ...
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Align doesn´t align equations at equal sign [closed]
I´m trying to align multiple equations below each other using align. However the equations are aligned at the right end instead of centered and aligned at the equal sign.
My Latex code looks like ...
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Is it just me or $f(x) = x^2 + 17 \mod 43$ adds too much space before the mod operator?
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
Instead of $f(x) = x^2 + 17 \mod 43$, I prefer $f(x) = x^2 + 17\hspace{-1mm}\mod 43$.
\end{document}
Why was the modulo ...
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Alignment building blocks: in center and normal math fonts
I want a style like the 1., 2. and 5. in the figure, but make the "0" aligned in the center with the top equation.
In other words, I like the alignment of 3. in the figure, but I want the fonts to ...
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Using different fonts for theorem label in header
In the accepted answer to Put current theorem-like item's name/number in header it's shown how to put the label of the current theorem in the header. Is there a way to use two different fonts for the '...
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Change main font without affecting the math environment
I changed my document font from the default one to Akkurat with setmainfont from fontspec:
\usepackage[no-math]{fontspec}
% ...
\setmainfont{}[
Path = fonts/AkkuratPro/,
UprightFont = ...
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Align vector symbol with upright math letter
So basically I need to put a vector symbol (\vec) on an upright letter for which I use \mathrm in math mode. For example:
\vec{\mathrm{E}}
While Katex seems to get the alignment right on all the ...
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How to ensure the statement about 'a' does not become centered and moved from “For every”
I wrote this in latex and the 'a' contained in (0.1) became centered and I need it to remain part of the sentence. Please help if possible. Thank you.
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Using align property for equations without numbering, when referencing other equation number
I am trying to create a master list of equations (called 'Models'), which are then referenced in main text (the idea is that not all the equations in the master list appear in the main text). I would ...
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`\adjustlimits` does different things if different order
The MWE
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,mathtools}
\begin{document}
\[
\adjustlimits\lim_{x\rightarrow 1^-}\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\,\sum_{k=0}^n a_kx^k
=\...
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Underscript, subscript and superscript add the same time possibly via \mathoperator* without trailing space
I have a symbol, which I want to give a underscipt, subscript and superscript.
I tried:
\DeclareMathOperator*{\wmat}{w}
\wmat_2_i^j
But now I get a space between my symbol and the sub and ...
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Can you have a bibliography of equations?
I am creating revision notes for a Mathematics module at university and I was wondering if there was a way to take all of the equations that I have written throughout the document and have them all ...
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Package amsmath Error: Multiple \label's
Sorry about the previous errors in the code.
Could any one help with the numbering in the \overset or \underset in equations?
I need to add number above/below certain variables in the equations ...
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Alignment of equations with implies and equals to
In amsmath package, the following doesn't get aligned properly. Here is the code.
\begin{alignat*}{2}
& 0 &= \dfrac{1}{4}(2(-1)+1)+C\mathrm{e}^{2(-1)}\\
& \implies 0 &= \dfrac{-1}{4}+...
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Prime in sequences
I would like to type prime above n in phrases:
a_n\prime
but I need help. Prime is next to a_n. I'm using: \usepackage{amsmath} and I should expect this as in the image that I have attached.
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Bad neighbours: amscd and mtpro2
The following code shows how amscd and mtpro2 do not play well together with the subscriptcorrection option enabled:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[subscriptcorrection]{mtpro2}
\usepackage{...
