On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Steve Burnham <dan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > In regard to the ams multiline, when I use it in the two column format my > equations then get rather messed up. The first half of the equation is left > justified while the second half is right justified. The whole equation > (both parts) should be centered (exactly how it looks in LyX when in math > mode). I have tried to set the justification to center but it appears to > have no effect. > I suggest carefully reading http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/196/eqnarray-vs-align#197 and all the responses/links, especially http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/2006-4/madsen/madsen.pdf which has a detailed breakdown and several side-by-side examples. Once you're done with that, you should experiment to be sure you understand the differences, pros, cons, etc. Then (being informed on the issues), you should...do whatever you want. The LyX math manual also has a fairly accurate description of the different environments. My own overall opinion of all this is that the normal align environment is easy to use, but ugly and that the AMS environments are a pain, but if looks matter then it is worth the extra work. Good luck. Jacob
