Text Formatting ⇒ Restore Centering for Equations in custom Class

[BinaryBen]

Hi,

I've got a template, and in the class file (*.cls) it has:

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\AtBeginDocument{\@ifpackageloaded{amsmath}{\@mathmargin\z@}{}}%

I want to override this and restore equation centering -
I can do:

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\makeatletter
\setlength{\@mathmargin}{50pt}
\makeatother

Which indents it - however, online it says the default is \@centering. I've tried this.

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\makeatletter
\setlength{\@mathmargin}{\@centering}
\makeatother

Although, this seems to do nothing - still fully left aligned.

Am I missing something? Can I restore equation centering?

Thanks,

[kaiserkarl13]

The following code does not reproduce your problem:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\makeatletter
\AtBeginDocument{\@ifpackageloaded{amsmath}{\@mathmargin\z@}{}}%
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\begin{equation}
   a x^2 + bx + c = 0
\end{equation}
\end{document}

It is something else in the document class that is determining this behavior. Please post a minimal working example to proceed further. Even the name of the document class you're using (or even the name of the class it is based on, if there is such a thing) would help.

[BinaryBen]

My example is using the svjour3 class, e.g.:

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\documentclass[twocolumn]{svjour3}

which contains the command:

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\AtBeginDocument{\@ifpackageloaded{amsmath}{\@mathmargin\z@}{}}%

Thanx

Ben

[svend_tveskaeg]

Where is the minimal working example as kaiserkarl13 asked for?

[cgnieder]

Hi.

svjour3 is not a standard class and is for example not part of a TeX Live installation. It would be very helpful if you could do two things:

1. attach the class file to your next post so we can download it
2. adapt kaiserkarl's MWE (minimal working example) to one that shows the unwanted behaviour so we can immediately reproduce the issue.

If you do these things I'm confident an answer can be found.

Regards

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Ben,

when I tested it, also with svjour3 the problem doesn't happen. So there's something in your code which you did not show. Please have a look at the web site Karl and Svend linked to, to learn why a minimal example is important and nearly a guarantee for getting a solution.

Stefan

[jhargis]

I'm having the same problem and came upon this thread. My minimum working example is as follows:

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\documentclass[twocolumn]{svjour3}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\makeatletter
\AtBeginDocument{\@ifpackageloaded{amsmath}{\@mathmargin\z@}{}}%
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\begin{equation}
6x=2
\end{equation}
\end{document}

After doing this, I too can't get the equation to be centered. The equation centers fine if in single column mode, but not in two column mode. Any thoughts?

[jhargis]

Actually, I also just found the solution (well, sort of). I went into the svjour3 cls file and found where the equations in two column mode are default set "fleqn" (line 42 of the code I believe). Just delete the "fleqn" inside the curly brackets , {}, and you'll get centered equations. Again, this is in the svjour3 style file itself that this must be done.

Good luck...

[mandrake]

I got the same issue with equation environment. In two-column document it does not center properly, in one-column document it stays fine. Deleting 'fleqn' from line #42 in svjour3.cls helps, thank you. Do you have any idea whether this can be solved within the source .tex? It is not a problem if I compile the document myself with my own svjour3.cls, but if the journal administration does it, I won't be sure whether they will use svjour3.cls with 'fleqn' removed. I will contact the publisher on this but I'm not sure how fast they will respond on such request.

[Johannes_B]

This is a journal you are tallking about, every article in that journal is suppossed to have a uniform look, so i don't think they will be open for discussion.