Multiline equations
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Basic Alignment
Two modes of input
- Latex style
\startformula \startalign v &= u + at \\ h &= ut + \frac12 gt^2 \\ \stopalign \stopformula
Note the \\ in the last line, above.
This appears as follows:
- Context Style
\startformula \startalign \NC v \NC = u + at \NR \NC h \NC= ut + \frac12 gt^2 \NR \stopalign \stopformula
(The examples here will focus on the context style, having two styles can be confusing -- Aditya )
Changing the number of columns
The above equations were aligned at =
. Suppose you also want the +
to align. Well, this is simple in context, simply specify the number of columns with \startalign
\startformula \startalign[n=3] \NC v \NC = u \NC+ at \NR \NC h \NC= ut \NC+ \frac12 gt^2 \NR \stopalign \stopformula
Alignment of each column
If you want more control over the formatting, and want the middle column to be center aligned, you can do that by
\startformula \startalign[n=3,align={right,middle,left}] \NC v \NC = u \NC+ at \NR \NC h \NC= ut \NC+ \frac12 gt^2 \NR \stopalign \stopformula
This mechanism allows fancier alignments like
\startformula \startalign[n=4,align={left,right,middle,left}] \NC \text{We have} \quad \NC v \NC = u \NC+ at \NR \NC \text{and} \NC h \NC= ut \NC+ \frac12 gt^2 \NR \stopalign \stopformula
Working with equation numbering
aligned equations can be numbered by placing a tag after \NR
\placeformula \startformula \startalign \NC v \NC = u + at \NR[eq:v] \NC h \NC = ut + \frac12 gt^2 \NR[eq:h] \stopalign \stopformula Equation (\in[eq:v]) tells the final velocity after time $t$ and equation (\in[eq:h]) tells the distance travelled in time $t$.
Changing the number of columns
Cases
Context provides a \startmathcases \stopmathcases pair to make it easy get cases.
\startformula f(x) = \startmathcases \NC x, \NC if $0 \le x \le \frac12$ \NR \NC 1-x ,\NC if $\frac12 \le x \le 1$ \NR \stopmathcases \stopformula
gives
The cases environment consists of two columns, separated by \NC. The second column is by default in text mode. Each line must end with a \NR.