Thank you Vittorio. What I would like with this matrix is that the right column can overfill the left one and viceversa. That way I can have the long equations and the cases in two lines (eq. on the left column, cases on the right column) every other line.
d= a+b+c+d+e+f+g if a,b,c,d,e,f,g >1 a-b-c-d-e-f-g if a,b,c,d,e,f,g<1 With this arrangement I can include the equations in just one column of the two column paper. Is this something usual to do? What is the "regular" way of handling the case of a series of long equations in two columned papers? Thanks in advance. ------------------------------------------------- Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Vittorio Zuccala' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Julio, > i do not know if i've understood your question. > Anyway, probably you can be interested one of this... > > First solution: > press CTRL+L entering in ERT mode and then: > \begin{eqnarray} > d &=& a + b, if a>1 \nonumber \\ > &=& a-b, if a<1 \nonumber \\ > &=&0, if a=1 \nonumber > \end{eqnarray} > > Second solution (i think better for you): > press CTRL+L entering in ERT mode and then: > $$ d = \left\{ > \begin{array}{rl} a+b &\mbox{ if a>1} \\ > a-b &\mbox{ if a<1} \\ > 0 &\mbox{ if a=1} \\ > \end{array} > \right. $$ > > > I hope it'll be usefull for you. > Bye, > Vittorio > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Julio Rojas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Dear all, I'm finishing a paper with the two columned article class. I >> have a problem with some equation arrays that are two big for this >> format. They span over the other column or over the margins, even with >> an smaller font (\scriptstyle). What can I do to solve this problem? >> Should I use an even smaller font (\scriptscriptstyle)? How can I >> break the line in an equation array and put the right hand of the >> array under the first part, but slightly to the right? >> >> The kind of equation array I'm using is conditional: >> >> d= a+b, if a>1 >> a-b, if a<1 >> 0, if a=1 >> >> Hope you can help me. >> ------------------------------------------------- >> Julio Rojas >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Vittorio ZuccalĂ >