[OS X TeX] Equations in books

[George Gratzer]

Actually, everything is numbered like this. Theorems and so on have no  
chapter number, only in references to other chapters.

GG

On 2009-09-28, at 10:43 AM, Ralph Martin wrote:

>
> On 28 Sep 2009, at 4:30:53PM, George Gratzer wrote:
>
>> The equations in my book are numbered as (IV.3), where IV is the  
>> chapter number and 3 means third equation. I would like to drop IV.  
>> How do I do it.
>
> I'd strongly suggest you do not. There is a high possibility, that  
> way, of readers looking back (or forward) too far, and getting the  
> wrong Eqn. (3) from an earlier chapter. I'd suggest if you dont like  
> chapter by chapter numbering to use straight-through numbering of  
> all equations in the whole book.
>
> Sorry this does not answer your question, but I hope this suggestion  
> is helpful.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Ralph
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