Aligning Systems of Equations
I'm trying to line up the variables of systems of equations. The following code:
$$left\{
begin{aligned}
&alpha + 2&beta + &gamma & = 0 \\
3&alpha + 7&beta + 5&gamma & = 1
end{aligned}
right.$$
produces the following image:
I want the Greek letters and the math symbols to be aligned, with appropriate spacing in between coefficients. I've tried using begin{aligned} end{aligned}
and begin{array}{ll} end{array}{ll}
as well, but they also don't provide the desired outcome.
Would anyone be kind enough to help me out? Thank you.
math-mode align
add a comment |
I'm trying to line up the variables of systems of equations. The following code:
$$left\{
begin{aligned}
&alpha + 2&beta + &gamma & = 0 \\
3&alpha + 7&beta + 5&gamma & = 1
end{aligned}
right.$$
produces the following image:
I want the Greek letters and the math symbols to be aligned, with appropriate spacing in between coefficients. I've tried using begin{aligned} end{aligned}
and begin{array}{ll} end{array}{ll}
as well, but they also don't provide the desired outcome.
Would anyone be kind enough to help me out? Thank you.
math-mode align
1
You can try the packagesysteme
: ctan.org/pkg/systeme .
– projetmbc
Feb 21 at 15:20
See also tex.stackexchange.com/questions/35174/…
– Steven B. Segletes
Feb 21 at 16:25
See Why is[
…]
preferable to$$
?
– Werner
Feb 21 at 16:33
add a comment |
I'm trying to line up the variables of systems of equations. The following code:
$$left\{
begin{aligned}
&alpha + 2&beta + &gamma & = 0 \\
3&alpha + 7&beta + 5&gamma & = 1
end{aligned}
right.$$
produces the following image:
I want the Greek letters and the math symbols to be aligned, with appropriate spacing in between coefficients. I've tried using begin{aligned} end{aligned}
and begin{array}{ll} end{array}{ll}
as well, but they also don't provide the desired outcome.
Would anyone be kind enough to help me out? Thank you.
math-mode align
I'm trying to line up the variables of systems of equations. The following code:
$$left\{
begin{aligned}
&alpha + 2&beta + &gamma & = 0 \\
3&alpha + 7&beta + 5&gamma & = 1
end{aligned}
right.$$
produces the following image:
I want the Greek letters and the math symbols to be aligned, with appropriate spacing in between coefficients. I've tried using begin{aligned} end{aligned}
and begin{array}{ll} end{array}{ll}
as well, but they also don't provide the desired outcome.
Would anyone be kind enough to help me out? Thank you.
math-mode align
math-mode align
edited Feb 21 at 15:14
JouleV
7,89222053
7,89222053
asked Feb 21 at 15:12
SeankalaSeankala
1234
1234
1
You can try the packagesysteme
: ctan.org/pkg/systeme .
– projetmbc
Feb 21 at 15:20
See also tex.stackexchange.com/questions/35174/…
– Steven B. Segletes
Feb 21 at 16:25
See Why is[
…]
preferable to$$
?
– Werner
Feb 21 at 16:33
add a comment |
1
You can try the packagesysteme
: ctan.org/pkg/systeme .
– projetmbc
Feb 21 at 15:20
See also tex.stackexchange.com/questions/35174/…
– Steven B. Segletes
Feb 21 at 16:25
See Why is[
…]
preferable to$$
?
– Werner
Feb 21 at 16:33
1
1
You can try the package
systeme
: ctan.org/pkg/systeme .– projetmbc
Feb 21 at 15:20
You can try the package
systeme
: ctan.org/pkg/systeme .– projetmbc
Feb 21 at 15:20
See also tex.stackexchange.com/questions/35174/…
– Steven B. Segletes
Feb 21 at 16:25
See also tex.stackexchange.com/questions/35174/…
– Steven B. Segletes
Feb 21 at 16:25
See Why is
[
… ]
preferable to $$
?– Werner
Feb 21 at 16:33
See Why is
[
… ]
preferable to $$
?– Werner
Feb 21 at 16:33
add a comment |
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First of all, do not use $$ ... $$
, which is plain TeX, use the LaTeX construct [ ... ]
.
Second, 4 alignment points require 7 ampersands, not 4: each new column of alignment has to be introduced by an ampersand. So n alignment points require 2n–1 ampersands.
Last: use alignat
(or alignedat
) to have full control on the spacing between columns of alignment.
Here is a possible code:
[ left{
begin{alignedat}{4}
&alpha &{} + 2&beta + {} & &gamma & & = 0 \\
3&alpha &{} + 7&beta + 5 & &gamma & & = 1
end{alignedat}
However, using the systeme
package makes it simpler to type:
[ systeme[alphabetagamma]{alpha + 2beta +gamma = 0, 3alpha + 7beta + 5gamma = 1} ]
I had no idea that $ was plain TeX, thanks! Unfortunately it seems that for the Github Markdown I'm trying to edit,[
doesn't seem to work... Butbegin{alignedat}{4} end{alignedat}
works perfectly!
– Seankala
Feb 21 at 15:36
I've updated with a simpler way to type (thesysteme
command from the homonymous package).
– Bernard
Feb 21 at 15:38
1
In your first method, the spacing around the=
is not correct.
– Steven B. Segletes
Feb 21 at 15:42
1
amsldoc
(amsmath documentation) andsysteme
. Feel free to ask any questions.
– Bernard
Feb 21 at 16:08
1
The empty curly braces are there because $+$ (or $-$) arebinary operators
with a special spacing w.r.t. the elements on the right and on the left. This can be destroyed by an ampersand, and to compensate, one has to add an empty argument, namely{}
. For the number of&
, maybe I was not clear enough: each column of alignment, but the first, has to be introduced by an &. Inside this column, the alignment point is specified with another &. Check on my code, you should see this rule is respected. Is this clear?
– Bernard
Feb 21 at 16:26
|
show 4 more comments
Something like this?
documentclass{article}
usepackage{tabstackengine}
begin{document}
[
left{
setstackgap{L}{18pt}
Matrixstack[r]{
alpha +& 2beta +& gamma =& 0 \
3alpha +& 7beta +& 5gamma =& 1
}
right.
]
end{document}
add a comment |
Here's a solution that requires only the basic array
package. The following code also sets up a custom array
-like environment.
documentclass{article}
usepackage{array} % for "newcolumntype" macro
newcolumntype{C}{>{{}}c<{{}}}
%% set up a little custom enrironment:
newenvironment{myarray}[1]{%
setlengtharraycolsep{0pt}
left{ begin{array}{#1}}{%
end{array} right.}
begin{document}
[
begin{myarray}{rCrCrCl}
alpha &+& 2beta &+& gamma &=& 0 \
3alpha &+& 7beta &+& 5gamma &=& 1
end{myarray}
]
end{document}
add a comment |
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First of all, do not use $$ ... $$
, which is plain TeX, use the LaTeX construct [ ... ]
.
Second, 4 alignment points require 7 ampersands, not 4: each new column of alignment has to be introduced by an ampersand. So n alignment points require 2n–1 ampersands.
Last: use alignat
(or alignedat
) to have full control on the spacing between columns of alignment.
Here is a possible code:
[ left{
begin{alignedat}{4}
&alpha &{} + 2&beta + {} & &gamma & & = 0 \\
3&alpha &{} + 7&beta + 5 & &gamma & & = 1
end{alignedat}
However, using the systeme
package makes it simpler to type:
[ systeme[alphabetagamma]{alpha + 2beta +gamma = 0, 3alpha + 7beta + 5gamma = 1} ]
I had no idea that $ was plain TeX, thanks! Unfortunately it seems that for the Github Markdown I'm trying to edit,[
doesn't seem to work... Butbegin{alignedat}{4} end{alignedat}
works perfectly!
– Seankala
Feb 21 at 15:36
I've updated with a simpler way to type (thesysteme
command from the homonymous package).
– Bernard
Feb 21 at 15:38
1
In your first method, the spacing around the=
is not correct.
– Steven B. Segletes
Feb 21 at 15:42
1
amsldoc
(amsmath documentation) andsysteme
. Feel free to ask any questions.
– Bernard
Feb 21 at 16:08
1
The empty curly braces are there because $+$ (or $-$) arebinary operators
with a special spacing w.r.t. the elements on the right and on the left. This can be destroyed by an ampersand, and to compensate, one has to add an empty argument, namely{}
. For the number of&
, maybe I was not clear enough: each column of alignment, but the first, has to be introduced by an &. Inside this column, the alignment point is specified with another &. Check on my code, you should see this rule is respected. Is this clear?
– Bernard
Feb 21 at 16:26
|
show 4 more comments
First of all, do not use $$ ... $$
, which is plain TeX, use the LaTeX construct [ ... ]
.
Second, 4 alignment points require 7 ampersands, not 4: each new column of alignment has to be introduced by an ampersand. So n alignment points require 2n–1 ampersands.
Last: use alignat
(or alignedat
) to have full control on the spacing between columns of alignment.
Here is a possible code:
[ left{
begin{alignedat}{4}
&alpha &{} + 2&beta + {} & &gamma & & = 0 \\
3&alpha &{} + 7&beta + 5 & &gamma & & = 1
end{alignedat}
However, using the systeme
package makes it simpler to type:
[ systeme[alphabetagamma]{alpha + 2beta +gamma = 0, 3alpha + 7beta + 5gamma = 1} ]
I had no idea that $ was plain TeX, thanks! Unfortunately it seems that for the Github Markdown I'm trying to edit,[
doesn't seem to work... Butbegin{alignedat}{4} end{alignedat}
works perfectly!
– Seankala
Feb 21 at 15:36
I've updated with a simpler way to type (thesysteme
command from the homonymous package).
– Bernard
Feb 21 at 15:38
1
In your first method, the spacing around the=
is not correct.
– Steven B. Segletes
Feb 21 at 15:42
1
amsldoc
(amsmath documentation) andsysteme
. Feel free to ask any questions.
– Bernard
Feb 21 at 16:08
1
The empty curly braces are there because $+$ (or $-$) arebinary operators
with a special spacing w.r.t. the elements on the right and on the left. This can be destroyed by an ampersand, and to compensate, one has to add an empty argument, namely{}
. For the number of&
, maybe I was not clear enough: each column of alignment, but the first, has to be introduced by an &. Inside this column, the alignment point is specified with another &. Check on my code, you should see this rule is respected. Is this clear?
– Bernard
Feb 21 at 16:26
|
show 4 more comments
First of all, do not use $$ ... $$
, which is plain TeX, use the LaTeX construct [ ... ]
.
Second, 4 alignment points require 7 ampersands, not 4: each new column of alignment has to be introduced by an ampersand. So n alignment points require 2n–1 ampersands.
Last: use alignat
(or alignedat
) to have full control on the spacing between columns of alignment.
Here is a possible code:
[ left{
begin{alignedat}{4}
&alpha &{} + 2&beta + {} & &gamma & & = 0 \\
3&alpha &{} + 7&beta + 5 & &gamma & & = 1
end{alignedat}
However, using the systeme
package makes it simpler to type:
[ systeme[alphabetagamma]{alpha + 2beta +gamma = 0, 3alpha + 7beta + 5gamma = 1} ]
First of all, do not use $$ ... $$
, which is plain TeX, use the LaTeX construct [ ... ]
.
Second, 4 alignment points require 7 ampersands, not 4: each new column of alignment has to be introduced by an ampersand. So n alignment points require 2n–1 ampersands.
Last: use alignat
(or alignedat
) to have full control on the spacing between columns of alignment.
Here is a possible code:
[ left{
begin{alignedat}{4}
&alpha &{} + 2&beta + {} & &gamma & & = 0 \\
3&alpha &{} + 7&beta + 5 & &gamma & & = 1
end{alignedat}
However, using the systeme
package makes it simpler to type:
[ systeme[alphabetagamma]{alpha + 2beta +gamma = 0, 3alpha + 7beta + 5gamma = 1} ]
edited Feb 21 at 17:18
answered Feb 21 at 15:23
BernardBernard
174k776206
174k776206
I had no idea that $ was plain TeX, thanks! Unfortunately it seems that for the Github Markdown I'm trying to edit,[
doesn't seem to work... Butbegin{alignedat}{4} end{alignedat}
works perfectly!
– Seankala
Feb 21 at 15:36
I've updated with a simpler way to type (thesysteme
command from the homonymous package).
– Bernard
Feb 21 at 15:38
1
In your first method, the spacing around the=
is not correct.
– Steven B. Segletes
Feb 21 at 15:42
1
amsldoc
(amsmath documentation) andsysteme
. Feel free to ask any questions.
– Bernard
Feb 21 at 16:08
1
The empty curly braces are there because $+$ (or $-$) arebinary operators
with a special spacing w.r.t. the elements on the right and on the left. This can be destroyed by an ampersand, and to compensate, one has to add an empty argument, namely{}
. For the number of&
, maybe I was not clear enough: each column of alignment, but the first, has to be introduced by an &. Inside this column, the alignment point is specified with another &. Check on my code, you should see this rule is respected. Is this clear?
– Bernard
Feb 21 at 16:26
|
show 4 more comments
I had no idea that $ was plain TeX, thanks! Unfortunately it seems that for the Github Markdown I'm trying to edit,[
doesn't seem to work... Butbegin{alignedat}{4} end{alignedat}
works perfectly!
– Seankala
Feb 21 at 15:36
I've updated with a simpler way to type (thesysteme
command from the homonymous package).
– Bernard
Feb 21 at 15:38
1
In your first method, the spacing around the=
is not correct.
– Steven B. Segletes
Feb 21 at 15:42
1
amsldoc
(amsmath documentation) andsysteme
. Feel free to ask any questions.
– Bernard
Feb 21 at 16:08
1
The empty curly braces are there because $+$ (or $-$) arebinary operators
with a special spacing w.r.t. the elements on the right and on the left. This can be destroyed by an ampersand, and to compensate, one has to add an empty argument, namely{}
. For the number of&
, maybe I was not clear enough: each column of alignment, but the first, has to be introduced by an &. Inside this column, the alignment point is specified with another &. Check on my code, you should see this rule is respected. Is this clear?
– Bernard
Feb 21 at 16:26
I had no idea that $ was plain TeX, thanks! Unfortunately it seems that for the Github Markdown I'm trying to edit,
[
doesn't seem to work... But begin{alignedat}{4} end{alignedat}
works perfectly!– Seankala
Feb 21 at 15:36
I had no idea that $ was plain TeX, thanks! Unfortunately it seems that for the Github Markdown I'm trying to edit,
[
doesn't seem to work... But begin{alignedat}{4} end{alignedat}
works perfectly!– Seankala
Feb 21 at 15:36
I've updated with a simpler way to type (the
systeme
command from the homonymous package).– Bernard
Feb 21 at 15:38
I've updated with a simpler way to type (the
systeme
command from the homonymous package).– Bernard
Feb 21 at 15:38
1
1
In your first method, the spacing around the
=
is not correct.– Steven B. Segletes
Feb 21 at 15:42
In your first method, the spacing around the
=
is not correct.– Steven B. Segletes
Feb 21 at 15:42
1
1
amsldoc
(amsmath documentation) and systeme
. Feel free to ask any questions.– Bernard
Feb 21 at 16:08
amsldoc
(amsmath documentation) and systeme
. Feel free to ask any questions.– Bernard
Feb 21 at 16:08
1
1
The empty curly braces are there because $+$ (or $-$) are
binary operators
with a special spacing w.r.t. the elements on the right and on the left. This can be destroyed by an ampersand, and to compensate, one has to add an empty argument, namely {}
. For the number of &
, maybe I was not clear enough: each column of alignment, but the first, has to be introduced by an &. Inside this column, the alignment point is specified with another &. Check on my code, you should see this rule is respected. Is this clear?– Bernard
Feb 21 at 16:26
The empty curly braces are there because $+$ (or $-$) are
binary operators
with a special spacing w.r.t. the elements on the right and on the left. This can be destroyed by an ampersand, and to compensate, one has to add an empty argument, namely {}
. For the number of &
, maybe I was not clear enough: each column of alignment, but the first, has to be introduced by an &. Inside this column, the alignment point is specified with another &. Check on my code, you should see this rule is respected. Is this clear?– Bernard
Feb 21 at 16:26
|
show 4 more comments
Something like this?
documentclass{article}
usepackage{tabstackengine}
begin{document}
[
left{
setstackgap{L}{18pt}
Matrixstack[r]{
alpha +& 2beta +& gamma =& 0 \
3alpha +& 7beta +& 5gamma =& 1
}
right.
]
end{document}
add a comment |
Something like this?
documentclass{article}
usepackage{tabstackengine}
begin{document}
[
left{
setstackgap{L}{18pt}
Matrixstack[r]{
alpha +& 2beta +& gamma =& 0 \
3alpha +& 7beta +& 5gamma =& 1
}
right.
]
end{document}
add a comment |
Something like this?
documentclass{article}
usepackage{tabstackengine}
begin{document}
[
left{
setstackgap{L}{18pt}
Matrixstack[r]{
alpha +& 2beta +& gamma =& 0 \
3alpha +& 7beta +& 5gamma =& 1
}
right.
]
end{document}
Something like this?
documentclass{article}
usepackage{tabstackengine}
begin{document}
[
left{
setstackgap{L}{18pt}
Matrixstack[r]{
alpha +& 2beta +& gamma =& 0 \
3alpha +& 7beta +& 5gamma =& 1
}
right.
]
end{document}
answered Feb 21 at 15:23
Steven B. SegletesSteven B. Segletes
159k9204412
159k9204412
add a comment |
add a comment |
Here's a solution that requires only the basic array
package. The following code also sets up a custom array
-like environment.
documentclass{article}
usepackage{array} % for "newcolumntype" macro
newcolumntype{C}{>{{}}c<{{}}}
%% set up a little custom enrironment:
newenvironment{myarray}[1]{%
setlengtharraycolsep{0pt}
left{ begin{array}{#1}}{%
end{array} right.}
begin{document}
[
begin{myarray}{rCrCrCl}
alpha &+& 2beta &+& gamma &=& 0 \
3alpha &+& 7beta &+& 5gamma &=& 1
end{myarray}
]
end{document}
add a comment |
Here's a solution that requires only the basic array
package. The following code also sets up a custom array
-like environment.
documentclass{article}
usepackage{array} % for "newcolumntype" macro
newcolumntype{C}{>{{}}c<{{}}}
%% set up a little custom enrironment:
newenvironment{myarray}[1]{%
setlengtharraycolsep{0pt}
left{ begin{array}{#1}}{%
end{array} right.}
begin{document}
[
begin{myarray}{rCrCrCl}
alpha &+& 2beta &+& gamma &=& 0 \
3alpha &+& 7beta &+& 5gamma &=& 1
end{myarray}
]
end{document}
add a comment |
Here's a solution that requires only the basic array
package. The following code also sets up a custom array
-like environment.
documentclass{article}
usepackage{array} % for "newcolumntype" macro
newcolumntype{C}{>{{}}c<{{}}}
%% set up a little custom enrironment:
newenvironment{myarray}[1]{%
setlengtharraycolsep{0pt}
left{ begin{array}{#1}}{%
end{array} right.}
begin{document}
[
begin{myarray}{rCrCrCl}
alpha &+& 2beta &+& gamma &=& 0 \
3alpha &+& 7beta &+& 5gamma &=& 1
end{myarray}
]
end{document}
Here's a solution that requires only the basic array
package. The following code also sets up a custom array
-like environment.
documentclass{article}
usepackage{array} % for "newcolumntype" macro
newcolumntype{C}{>{{}}c<{{}}}
%% set up a little custom enrironment:
newenvironment{myarray}[1]{%
setlengtharraycolsep{0pt}
left{ begin{array}{#1}}{%
end{array} right.}
begin{document}
[
begin{myarray}{rCrCrCl}
alpha &+& 2beta &+& gamma &=& 0 \
3alpha &+& 7beta &+& 5gamma &=& 1
end{myarray}
]
end{document}
edited Feb 21 at 16:13
answered Feb 21 at 15:44
MicoMico
284k31388778
284k31388778
add a comment |
add a comment |
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You can try the package
systeme
: ctan.org/pkg/systeme .– projetmbc
Feb 21 at 15:20
See also tex.stackexchange.com/questions/35174/…
– Steven B. Segletes
Feb 21 at 16:25
See Why is
[
…]
preferable to$$
?– Werner
Feb 21 at 16:33