[Tuglist] Aligning formulae

David Kastrup tuglist@tug.org.in
09 Jul 2002 15:10:15 +0200


"Dr. Dinesh Karia" <dineshjk@earth.planet.net.in> writes:

> Dear Indian TeXers,
> 
>     I seek your help for the following problem I am facing.
> 
> I want an alignment of the following type.
> 
> exp_1 = exp_2 + exp_3 + exp_4 + \cdots + exp_n
>           = exp'_2 + exp'_3 + exp'_4 + \cdots + exp''_n
>           = exp''_2 + exp''_3 + exp''_4 + \cdots + exp''_n
> 
> Where all = signs must be below each other. Also, respective + in each row
> should be aligned in respective columns. The length of each terms may be
> different.
> 
> I tried aligned environment but it did not work, as the \columsep is leaving
> too much of gaps between + signs and so they look like far separated
> columns.

Then use alignat.

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