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From: price@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu (John Price)
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Subject: Re: Novice Math Mode Question
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Date: 10 Oct 90 19:11:52 GMT
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In article <1990Oct10.043029.22597@math.lsa.umich.edu>, dbuchtal@math.lsa.umich.edu (Dave Buchthal) writes:
>I'm struggling to learn TeX, and after grappling with my FM for
>several days, I can't find the answer to a simple question.
>I wish to display math formulae, as one does in display mode
>in TeX ($$...$$), but I wish precise control over the position
>of my formulae, as I get with math mode ($...$).  I want to
>be able to list formulae left justified on a page, or in columns.
>Any suggestions?

	Well, I hate to say this, but the answer's in the FM.  Part of it, 
anyway.  Exercise 19.4 talks about left-justified displayed equations, or 
rather, displayed equations justified with the paragraph indentation.  Note 
that if worst comes to worst, you could follow that example, and set 
\parindent to whatever you wanted just before, and reset it just after, and 
you can align your equations wherever you want.  Caveat - I haven't tried 
this myself; I just remember reading it in the TeXbook the other day, while 
looking for something else.

	Now, putting equations in columns is a different story...

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