Table overflowing in a list in Beamer

Question

I am using Palo Alto theme for my beamer. I want to make a table as an item of a "description" list. But the table overflows to the right. How to resolve the issue?

\documentclass[hyperref={pdfpagelabels=false}]{beamer}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{multirow}

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Stability Conditions}
\begin{description}[<+->]
\item[ODE] $a_2x''+a_1x'+a_0x=f(t)$
\item[Characteristic equation] $a_2m^2+a_1m+a_0=0$
\item \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
$\textbf{roots}$ & $\textbf{solution}$ & $\textbf{stability condition}$\\
$m_1\neq m_2$ & $c_1e^{m_1t}+c_2e^{m_2t}$ & $m_1,m_2<0$\\
$m=m_1=m_2$ & $e^{mt}(c_1+c_2t)$ & $m<0$\\
$m_{1,2}=\alpha\pm\beta i$ & $e^{\alpha t}(c_1\cos{\beta t}+c_2\sin{\beta 
t})$ & $\alpha<0$
\end{tabular}
\caption{Stability in relation to the roots of the characteristic equation}
\end{table}
\end{description}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

Welcome to TeX.SX! Please make your code compilable (if possible), or at least complete it with \documentclass{...}, the required \usepackage's, \begin{document}, and \end{document}. That may seem tedious to you, but think of the extra work it represents for TeX.SX users willing to give you a hand. Help them help you: remove that one hurdle between you and a solution to your problem. — erik, Mar 28 '18 at 22:23
Why does the table need to be a list item when the item has no entry? I would just put the table below the list. — erik, Mar 28 '18 at 22:33
Oh, and captions are conventionally above table and below figures. But it's just conventional, it's not like you have to or it'll be bad design or anything. — thymaro, Mar 31 '18 at 07:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 29 '18 at 00:01

You can apply overlay specifications to almost anything in beamer, not just list items. You can indicate the slide specifically with something like \visible<3->, but also relatively (this is what the [<+->] means following your list). See the answer to this question for details on relative overlay specifications.

Give the following code a try.

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{PaloAlto}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Stability Conditions}
\begin{description}[<+->]
\item[ODE] $a_2x''+a_1x'+a_0x=f(t)$
\item[Characteristic equation] $a_2m^2+a_1m+a_0=0$
\end{description}
{\small
\visible<+->{%
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
$\textbf{roots}$ & $\textbf{solution}$ & $\textbf{stability condition}$\\
$m_1\neq m_2$ & $c_1e^{m_1t}+c_2e^{m_2t}$ & $m_1,m_2<0$\\
$m=m_1=m_2$ & $e^{mt}(c_1+c_2t)$ & $m<0$\\
$m_{1,2}=\alpha\pm\beta i$ & $e^{\alpha t}(c_1\cos{\beta t}+c_2\sin{\beta 
t})$ & $\alpha<0$
\end{tabular}
\caption{Stability in relation to the roots of the characteristic equation}
\end{table}
}
}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Table overflowing in a list in Beamer

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