[OS X TeX] Side by side equations

[Francesco Costanzo]

On Jun 20, 2005, at 10:23 AM, Novak Elliott wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This is something that puzzled me for ages---how to get side-by- 
> side equations of the form:
>
>               a = b + c           and            d = f +  
> g                    (1a,b)
>
> i.e., two equations on the same line with subequation numbering.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> cheers,
> Novak.
>
>



Novak:

The following is not particularly elegant but it works. The main  
problem with the following solution is that there is no direct way to  
refer to one of the subequations using a label.

Francesco.

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\begin{equation}
\renewcommand{\theequation}{\arabic{equation}a,~b}
\label{eq:pippo}
1 = 1
\quad\text{and}\quad
2=2
\end{equation}
With the above solution, when you need to refer to a subequation, you  
will need to do it as follows:
As you can see in Eq.~(\ref{eq:pippo}a), bla bla bla \ldots
i.e., you need to explicitly type the `a' or `b'.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


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Francesco Costanzo
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