Re: Best way to insert system of equations

2009-02-01 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Paul Smith schrieb: Thanks, Uwe. The problem with your examples is the asymmetric spacing regarding the two sides of the equal symbol. It seems that there is no perfect solution, I guess. You haven't understood me correctly. The problem is, that your cases environment makes logically no sense

Re: Best way to insert system of equations

2009-02-01 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Murray Eisenberg wrote: > Sorry, I read the original post too quickly. I realize the issue is with the > space between the equivalence sign and the two sets of equations. > > The problem is the use of the cases environment, which is inappropriate. A > better solutio

Re: Best way to insert system of equations

2009-02-01 Thread Murray Eisenberg
Sorry, I read the original post too quickly. I realize the issue is with the space between the equivalence sign and the two sets of equations. The problem is the use of the cases environment, which is inappropriate. A better solution, with the amsmath package loaded, is the LaTeX code: \begin

Re: Best way to insert system of equations

2009-02-01 Thread Paul Smith
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: >> Thanks, James, but you solution stills contains asymmetric distances >> between each system and the equivalence symbol. Can it be still >> improved? > > You haven't filled the second column of the cases environment. Without this > column, the ca

Re: Best way to insert system of equations

2009-02-01 Thread Paul Smith
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:00 PM, James C. Sutherland wrote: I am trying to insert a system of equation in a LyX document. I am using the cases environment, but, as you can see from the attached example, the space between the first system of equations and the equivalence symbol

Re: Best way to insert system of equations

2009-02-01 Thread Paul Smith
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Murray Eisenberg wrote: > When I viewed the dvi file, the size of the equivalence sign looked just > right. > > Paul Smith wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> I am trying to insert a system of equation in a LyX document. I am >> using the cases environment, but, as you ca

Re: Best way to insert system of equations

2009-01-31 Thread Murray Eisenberg
When I viewed the dvi file, the size of the equivalence sign looked just right. Paul Smith wrote: Dear All, I am trying to insert a system of equation in a LyX document. I am using the cases environment, but, as you can see from the attached example, the space between the first system of equat

Re: Best way to insert system of equations

2009-01-31 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jan 31, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Paul Smith wrote: On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 5:50 PM, James C. Sutherland wrote: I am trying to insert a system of equation in a LyX document. I am using the cases environment, but, as you can see from the attached example, the space between the first system of equa

Re: Best way to insert system of equations

2009-01-31 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Paul Smith schrieb: Thanks, James, but you solution stills contains asymmetric distances between each system and the equivalence symbol. Can it be still improved? You haven't filled the second column of the cases environment. Without this column, the cases environment doesn't make sense in th

Re: Best way to insert system of equations

2009-01-31 Thread Paul Smith
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 5:50 PM, James C. Sutherland wrote: >> I am trying to insert a system of equation in a LyX document. I am >> using the cases environment, but, as you can see from the attached >> example, the space between the first system of equations and the >> equivalence symbol is too l

Re: Best way to insert system of equations

2009-01-31 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Jan 31, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All, I am trying to insert a system of equation in a LyX document. I am using the cases environment, but, as you can see from the attached example, the space between the first system of equations and the equivalence symbol is too large and n

Best way to insert system of equations

2009-01-31 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All, I am trying to insert a system of equation in a LyX document. I am using the cases environment, but, as you can see from the attached example, the space between the first system of equations and the equivalence symbol is too large and not symmetric regarding the distance between the equi