Math & Science ⇒ 2 Line equation with a large brace

[dizzam]

Hi all,

I've been trying to write an equation that you place on 2 lines, joined together with a large brace on the left.

I've tried using \left\{ but you need to add the right bit which I don't need. I've also tried \bigg\{ but I'm sure there's a proper way of doing it.

The equation should look like:

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V = { 0         L<x<G
         Inf       x

(the left brace to cover both lines)

thanks in advance!

[fatra2]

Hi there,

It has been a long time, and I don't have a running LaTeX version in front of me. But from the top of my mind, have you tried the array environment, nested in the math mode.

Cheers

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi dizzam,

you could use the cases environment of amsmath, it's described in the amsmath user's guide.

Stefan

[stefanfuglsang]

I am using something like this for a piecewise defined function:

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f(x)=\left\{
\begin{array}{c l}	
    x & x>0\\
    -x & x<0
\end{array}\right.

Note the \right. to avoid error messages (missing })

[dnemoc]

Hi dizzam,

I second Stefan: the

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\begin{cases} \end{cases}

works very nicely.

- D.