Math & Science ⇒ Left aligned displayed Math Expressions

[jsbeardsley]

Does anyone know of a display mode for math (like align or align*) that doesn't center everything? That is, I want to be able to use & to align parts of my equations, but I don't want it to be in the middle of the page! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
Jon

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Jon,

welcome to the board!

You could use the document class option fleqn for flush left equations, such as

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\documentclass[fleqn]{book}

If you wish to remove also an indentation, you could additionally use

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\setlength{\mathindent}{0pt}

Without fleqn, you could get flushed left aligned equations by using a flalign environment and additional & symbols, such as

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{flalign*}
ax + by &= c &\\
     xy &= ab &
\end{flalign*}
\end{document}

Stefan

[jsbeardsley]

Thanks very much for the response!