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Im having problems with the vertical space that the $$ $$ command creates. For example:

\begin{multicols}{2}
\begin{enumerate}
\item  \[\sum\limits_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{k^2e^{-2k}}{k^2+1}\]
\item $$\sum\limits_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{\left|\sin{k^4}\right|}{\sqrt{k^4+1}}$$
\end{enumerate}
\end{multicols}

This creates a vertical space between the \item and the object in the $$ $$ command. I just want to eliminate this effect. One possible solution is to use the fast math mode: $object$. But, this doesn't satisfy me.

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First of all you should not use $$ ... $$ in LaTeX but \[ ... \]. Then: you are asking for display-math which is centered. This causes the vertical space. You need inline math, i.e. use $ ... $ or \( ... \) instead. You can add \displaystyle at the beginning to get the same style used as before:

\item $\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{\left|\sin{k^4}\right|}{\sqrt{k^4+1}}$
Martin Scharrer
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    Hello, your solution was exactly was I was looking for. Thank you very much! Now that you mentioned it, Im a little curious about why I should not use $$...$$ command...! – user4836 Apr 17 '11 at 20:51
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    @user4836: Note that the correct/best answer to a question should be accepted using the tick-symbol below the vote count. This shows which answer helped you most, and it assigns reputation points to the author of the answer (and to you!). For the $$ versus \[ \] see the question Why is \[ … \] preferable to $$?. – Martin Scharrer Apr 17 '11 at 21:00