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Split equations inside the align environment

You can use split inside align: \documentclass[11pt]{book} \usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb,amsthm, bm} \begin{document} \begin{align} \begin{split} \dot{v} & = \dfrac{1}{m}[T\cos\...
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Writing Equation in latex

empty lines are forbidden in math environments environment split allow only one ampersand per equation line \documentclass[11pt]{book} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{equation} \label{...
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How can I split this long equation into multiple lines?

Rather than trying to find suitable line breaks in the long and, dare I say it, rather unwieldy formula at hand, I'd restate the formula in terms of its four major components -- named A, B, C, and D ...
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Unable to use \tag in split equation

split assumes (as other math environments defined in amsmath/mathtools package for use inside math environments) that numbering will provide outer math environment (for whole split). In your case is ...
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Align $:=$ with $=$ in align/split mode

\documentclass[12pt]{amsart} \usepackage{amsfonts,graphics,amsmath,amsthm} \usepackage{amsfonts,amscd, amssymb,amsmath,latexsym} \usepackage{mathtools} \begin{document} \begin{equation} \begin{split}...
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Using 'equation split', how can I ensure that only the last equation is numbered?

You seem to be wanting to load amsmath with the tbtags option: \documentclass[twocolumn]{article} \usepackage[tbtags]{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{equation} \begin{split} a & = b + c \\ &...
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How to create a Fraction equation with '[]' while numerator and denominator may have more than two lines

Something like this? Observe the use of square brackets and curly braces in lieu of some round parentheses. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{array,amsmath,geometry} \begin{document} \begin{...
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Two solutions to one statement

For example: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \[ b=\begin{cases} y_1-ax_1\\ y_2-ax_2 \end{cases} \] If amsmath is forbidden: \[ \left\{ \begin{array}{l} y_1-ax_1\\ ...
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How to stop cases from spreading to multiple lines

I don't find the layout in the original manuscript easy to follow. I'd go with something like the following instead. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} \...
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Writing Equation in latex

Seeing as in your original MWE you tried adding two & symbols per line, perhaps that means you were trying to align the equations at two points? i.e. you wanted both sets of equal signs to be ...
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ConTeXt: Is there a way to create multi-page code listings?

By default only tables can be broken across pages when you put them in a float block. With ConTeXt version 2018.10.18 00:07 a new environment with the name splittext was added which can be used to ...
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An equation with two splits / differing alignments

You can use standard amsmath tools: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{equation} \begin{split} x&=\begin{aligned}[t] 5+3&-4 \\ &-4+3+5 \end{...
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Understanding the alignment issues with split and phantom

Here's a \phantom free implementation, using instead a nested aligned. The biggg fences are courtesy of https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/387592/4427, but you should try harder to avoid them: I find the ...
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How to change the alignment in a single split environment?

Nest aligned (top aligned) in align*. No phantom or zero width boxes are needed. Explanation: you have one global alignment point (at the w's), plus alignment for a whole block at =. \documentclass{...
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How to give tabs or indent to symbol representation

Something like this is it sufficient and is corresponds to your request? \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb} \usepackage{newtxtext} % optional package for text font in ...
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Break equation with \left( and \right) doesn't work exactly while using classicthesis

\left/\right automatically size the brackets to fit the inner formula, so if you pass formulas of different height to them you can't expect to get the same size of brackets. Use explicit sizes using e....
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how to split equation using a macro

split doesn't break the equation by itself: the user should choose the alignment points and the breaks. Here's an example, where I suggest a shorthand for a complicated expression that is very long ...
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Multline, split

After remembering that $$ should never be used in LaTeX, see Why is \[ ... \] preferable to $$ ... $$?, here are two variants with split that allows for a more balanced output: \documentclass{article}...
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Error message when using split within alignat

To have just one equation number it is reasonable to use equation as the outer environment. A split will provide a single alignment point, if you need more use alignedat, or aligned, instead. For ...
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How to stop cases from spreading to multiple lines

Here is one option: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{equation} \setlength{\arraycolsep}{0pt} \begin{array}{ r l l } \raisebox{\dimexpr-.5\...
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Using 'equation split', how can I ensure that only the last equation is numbered?

The tbtags option for amsmath does just that: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[tbtags]{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{equation} \begin{split} a & = b + c \\ & = c + d \\ & = d + e \...
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Multi-line long equation vanishes few brackets

Some suggestions: Don't overuse curly braces to group math elements. A proliferation of { and } symbols makes the code nearly unreadable -- while doing absolutely nothing for TeX's ability to ...
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multiline equation inside a matrix that is a part of multiline equation

You can break lines within a matrix by useing of multlined from the mathtools package: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{geometry} \usepackage{mathtools} \begin{document} \begin{equation} \label{...
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split inside flalign

You should be aware that flalign stands for full length align and not for flush left align. As such, split doesn't really make sense inside it. You can emulate split using aligned. \documentclass{...
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Equation Left Alignment and centered numbering

I'd preserve the inner structure, with one part per summation (the second one split across lines) \documentclass{IEEEtran} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{lipsum} % for mock text \begin{document} \...
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How to change the alignment in a single split environment?

I suggest you replace the single split environment with two consecutive aligned environments. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{mathtools} % for '\mathrlap' macro \begin{document}...
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How can I split this long equation into multiple lines?

Indeed, it seems hard to find a right place to split this formula and to actually do it. But this formula is so long that it is hardly readable, and in my opinion, splitting it in more lines would not ...
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Equation: boxed split inside align

You can customize the output, but the idea is simple with hf-tikz. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{hf-tikz} \begin{document} \begin{align} A ={}& B + C + D \notag \\ \...
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Unable to use \tag in split equation

Of course, now I owe an explanation about these “other, and well-known means”. Here is an example, that also illustrates how to label the various equations, if this is needed: \documentclass[a4paper]...
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Combine split and align environment

This is the aligned environment: \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} a&=1+2+3 & b&=4+5+6\\ c&=2+4+6 & d&=3+5+7 \end{aligned} \end{equation} If you want to have control on the ...
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