[OS X TeX] Equation alignment in enumerated list

[Vincent McGarry]

Try the following:

\begin{enumerate}
\item
$
	\begin{aligned}[t]
		Equations go here!
	\end{aligned}
$
\item
$
	\begin{aligned}[t]
		Equations go here!
	\end{aligned}
$
\end{enumerate}

Vince McGarry

On Dec 4, 2008, at 3:18 PM, Randy Scott wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to create an enumerated list, where the items listed are
> equations. So far so good. I've been using $\displaystyle . . . to  
> get my
> equations to line up with the the text that accompanies the equations.
>
> However, I need to make an entry that has the top line of a series of
> equations aligned with the item marker, and then the subsequent lines
> aligned at the equal sign with the top equation. For example:
>
> 1. f(x) = x^2 + 1/x
>        = x^3/x + 1/x
>        = (x^3+1)/x
>
> I've tried a \parbox[t] but that doesn't align the baseline of the  
> equation
> with the item marker. I've tried \begin{align*} but that won't operate
> inside a $\displaystyle arrangement.
>
> Any ideas that you all could send my way would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Randy Scott
> Santiago Canyon College
> Orange, CA
>
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