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
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Left aligned displayed Math Expressions
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Left aligned displayed Math Expressions
Hi Jon,
welcome to the board!
You could use the document class option fleqn for flush left equations, such as
If you wish to remove also an indentation, you could additionally use
Without fleqn, you could get flushed left aligned equations by using a flalign environment and additional & symbols, such as
Stefan
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}
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\setlength{\mathindent}{0pt}
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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{flalign*}
ax + by &= c &\\
xy &= ab &
\end{flalign*}
\end{document}
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Re: Left aligned displayed Math Expressions
Thanks very much for the response!