LyX ⇒ Equation numbering

[bruce_c]

Hello,

I'm currently writing my master's thesis with Lyx and I have a question :

Is it possible to number the equations without the number of the section before ? For now, when I insert a new numbered formula, it is numbered like that : (4.13), meaning the 13th equation in the fourth section. But I want it in the following format : (13), meaning the 13th equation of all the document.

For info, I use Lyx 1.6.6.1 and the AMSmath package.

Thanks in advance for your help

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi bruce_c,

welcome to the board!
To achieve this, you could redefine \thesection, like

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\renewcommand\thesection{\arabic{section}}

If you further wish to number the equations continuously you could use the chngcntr package. Otherwise the number would be reset when a new section is started:

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\usepackage{chngcntr}
\counterwithout{equation}{section}

chngcntr makes the reedefinition above automatically.
Insert these lines in the document preamble.

Stefan

[bruce_c]

Hi Stefan_K,

Thanks for your answer, it's working like a charm