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by sobrio35
Wed Jun 11, 2014 10:33 am
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: The & operator in piecewise functions
Replies: 3
Views: 4201

The & operator in piecewise functions

This code is producing the error message "Misplaced alignment tab character &". I've tried everything I can think of and no topics cover this that I can find. Ideas?

\[
f(x) =
\begin{cases}
1 & if 0 \leq x < \pi \\
0 & if \pi \leq x < 2 \pi
\end{cases}
\]


For now I really don't care about ...
by sobrio35
Sat May 31, 2014 8:27 pm
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: Can I install a pre-update version of Latex?
Replies: 3
Views: 2568

Re: Can I install a pre-update version of Latex?

The main problem was I needed a file from the amsmath package which was missing after the update, but I also made the switch from $$ to \[, though I'm not sure what the difference is.
Thanks for the speedy reply! Great forum.
:D
by sobrio35
Sun May 25, 2014 8:35 pm
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: Can I install a pre-update version of Latex?
Replies: 3
Views: 2568

Can I install a pre-update version of Latex?

Hi there-
I am still relatively new to Tex. I accepted an update earlier this year which did away with the amsmath package but I haven't had a problem until now. I am trying to write a piecewise function but it won't compile. I was thinking maybe if I went back to an older version I could get it to ...