Math & Science ⇒ missing \endcsname error

[hikorski]

I get the following error message:

! Missing \endcsname inserted.
<to be read again>
\csname\endcsname
1.59 \end{equation}

Line 59 is the last line of the following:

\begin{equation}\label{3e}
(-ln(1-s)ln(s))_0^{1-z} + \int_1^{1-z}\frac{ln(1-s)}{s}\,ds (using Integration by Parts)
\end{equation}

If anyone has a suggestion I'd be grateful.

Max

[php1ic]

This MWE compiles for me so I guess the error must be somewhere else in your code.

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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}

\begin{document}
\begin{equation}\label{3e}
(-ln(1-s)ln(s))_0^{1-z} + \int_1^{1-z}\frac{ln(1-s)}{s}\,ds
\end{equation}
\end{document}

Can you construct a MWE(see link if you don't know what a MWE is) that shows this behaviour?

If not the only thing I can suggest is to methodically go through your code, commenting out bits until you find the cause.

http://www.latex-community.org/forum/vi ... =37&t=7878

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Max,

I agree with php1ic, the problem ist not caused by those three lines.

Stefan

[localghost]

I don't see the problem.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}

\begin{document}
  \begin{equation}\label{3e}
    (-ln(1-s)ln(s))_0^{1-z} + \int_1^{1-z}\frac{ln(1-s)}{s}\,ds (using Integration by Parts)
  \end{equation}
\end{document}

So it's your turn to show it by means of a counterexample [1].

[1] View topic: Avoidable mistakes


Thorsten

[hikorski]

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\begin{equation}\label{*}
\frac{d}{dz}(\frac{z}{1^2}+\frac{z^2}{2^2}+\frac{z^3}{3^2}+\cdots) = -\frac{ln(1-z)}{z}
\end{equation}

I found the mistake - I had left a label unfilled as above. Interesting that this was line 45 and the problem showed up in line 59. Thank you for your advice, php1ic, Stefan and Thorsten - commenting out the possible bits of code worked a treat.

All the best,

Max