[OS X TeX] Putting text under

[Morten Høgholm]

On Tue, 13 May 2008 21:35:34 +0200, Themis Matsoukas wrote:

> Is there a way to produce an effect similar to
>
>      \underbrace{my equation here}_{text below my equation}
>
> but *without* the underbrace? In other words, I want to stack some
> text below an equation without moving the equation vertically.


\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}% loads amsmath
\begin{document}
\[
a \begin{gathered}[t]
   xyz \\
   \text{text underneath}
   \end{gathered}
   b
\]
\end{document}

gathered centers each line, lgathered sets flush left.
-- 
Morten