# [texhax] 3x3 array of alighned equations

Phil Parker phil at math.wichita.edu
Wed Nov 2 20:06:52 CET 2005

On 11/02/2005 at 11:43 AM, "Novak Elliott" <N.S.J.Elliott at warwick.ac.uk>
wrote: >Hi,

>I'd like to format a 3x3 array of subequations in the form:

>a11 = b,         a12 = c,    a13 = d             (1a,b,c)
>                                                  -
>                                                  e

>a21 = f,    3 x a22 = ...                             (1d,e,f)
>          -
>          g

>a22 = ..                                                     (1g,h,i)

>i.e. I want them aligned horizontally between the three columns and also I
>want them aligned to the = sign within each column.  So I effectively have 9
>columns, or 3 columns each with 3 subcolumns.  The eqnarry environment only
>allows the alignment to work with one equation per line, and the array
>environment typesets fractions in a tiny font so that they fit within one
>text line.  However, I want them to be at full size like in an ordinary
>equation.  I have a hack for getting the subequation numbering to work
>without using the subequations environment so that shouldn't be a drama.  If
>there is a way to produce an array that allows left/centre/right alignment
>and also allows fractions to be typeset at full size then that would almost
>certainly work.

The old-fashioned way would be to insert \displaystyle in each cell of the
array and use {rclrclrcl} for the alignment argument in the array call, then
adjust inter-row spacing as desired. If you elect this, you might prefer to
use {rclcrclcrcl} as the alignment argument and put spacers (such as \qquad)
in the first row (it'll "propagate" to the rest) to adjust inter column
widths.

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