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From: gvr@cs.brown.edu (George V. Reilly)
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Subject: Re: extra space in eqnarray
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Date: 13 Apr 91 19:24:50 GMT
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In article <72003@brunix.UUCP> peg@cs.brown.edu (Pete Granger) writes:
| In article <9573@castle.ed.ac.uk> ian@castle.ed.ac.uk (Ian Turton) writes:
| 
| >I have a serries of equations in an eqnarray, I want to put some extra space
| >between them, however if I just put in a blank line Latex numbers this as if
| >it was an equation, which isn't the desired effect! 
| >
| >Can anyone suguest a way to do this?
| 
| Have you tried doing a \nonumber on the blank line? Check the LaTeX Reference
| Guide and User's Manual (assuming you have it), sec. 3.3.5.

Omigawd, my roommate has turned into a TeXie overnight!

This works, but you'll probably find that it produces too much space.
Use \\[5pt] or whatever value gives you the best-looking results. 
See C.1.6, `The \\ command'.
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