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Displaymath
There are four environments that put LaTeX in math mode:
math,
displaymath, eqnarray,
and equation.
The math environment is for formulas that
appear right in the text. The displaymath and equation environments are
for formulas that appear on their own line; they differ only insofar
as the latter prints an equation number. LaTeX will not
break lines in displaymath or equation environments unless told to do
so with a \\ command.
The displaymath environment can be entered by
\begin{displaymath}
math equation \\
second line of math equation
\end{displaymath}
Because displaymath may be used frequently to display relatively
short equations, there are convenient alternative forms:
\[ displayed math equation \]or (the following does not seem to be well documented, but appears to work)
$$ dispalyed math equation $$
Related topics
- Math environment
- Eqnarray environment
- Equation environment
- LaTeX Modes
- Math Symbols
- Subscripts and Superscripts
- Spacing in Math Mode
- Math Miscellany
Revised: Sheldon Green, 5 Jun 1995.