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Time for action – typesetting multi-line formulas

We shall use the amsmath package to experiment with a very long formula and with a system of equations:

1. Start a new document on an A6 paper and load the amsmath package.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[a6paper]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
2. Use the multline environment to span a long equation over three lines. End the lines with \\:
\begin{multline}
\sum = a + b + c + d + e \\
+ f + g + h + i + j + \\
+ k + l + m + n
\end{multline}
\end{document}
3. Typeset and look at the formula:
4. Now we handle a system of equations. Use the gather environment to add these equations. Again, end lines ...

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