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<head><title>Help On LaTeX \lefteqn</title></head>
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<h1><font size="-2">Hypertext Help with LaTeX</font><br><font color="#cc0000">\lefteqn</font></h1>
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 <tt>\lefteqn{eqn}</tt>
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 prints <tt>eqn</tt> in display math style, but pretends that it has
 zero width.  It is typicaly used within an 
 <a href="ltx-223.html"><tt>Eqnarray</tt></a> environment for
 displaying long equations that require multiple lines.
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A typical use might be
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  <tt>\begin{eqnarray}
  \lefteqn{\int_0^<a href="ltx-407.html">\infty</a> some expression =} \\
  & & some terms <a href="ltx-181.html">\\</a>
  & & <a href="ltx-265.html">\mbox{}</a> + more terms
  \end{eqnarray}</tt>
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Note that the empty <a href="ltx-265.html"><tt>\mbox{}</tt></a> is so LaTeX
knows that the following <tt>+</tt> is a binary operator, and is not
attached to the first of the "more terms" as a unary operator.
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Related topics
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<li><A href="ltx-27.html">Environments</A>
<li><a href="ltx-202.html">Array Environment</a>
<li><a href="ltx-223.html">Eqnarray Environment</a>
<li><a href="ltx-224.html">Equation Environment</a>
<li><a href="ltx-421.html">Displaymath Environment</a> 
<li><a href="ltx-115.html">Math Formulas</a>
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Revised: Sheldon Green, 29 Jun 1995.
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