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The following code:

\begin{align*} \lim_{u\rightarrow\infty}\frac{\psi(u)}{\overline{F_I}(u)}&=\left(\frac{\rho}{1+\rho}\right)\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}n(1+\rho)^{-n}\\
&=\left(\frac{\rho}{1+\rho}\right)\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\sum_{m=0}^{n}(1+\rho)^{-n}\\
&=\left(\frac{\rho}{1+\rho}\right)\sum_{m=0}^{\infty}\sum_{n=m}^{\infty}(1+\rho)^{-n}\\
&=\sum_{m=0}^{\infty}(1+\rho)^{-m}=\frac{(1+\rho)^{-1}}{1-(1+\rho)^{-1}}=\rho^{-1}.\qed \end{align*}

produces following error:

"! Paragraph ended before \align* was complete.
<to be read again> 
                   \par "

What seems to be the problem?

Edit:

Actually, the culprit was the following alignment above the original alignment

\documentclass[a4paper, twoside, ngerman, openright, 12pt]{report} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\begin{document} 
\begin{align*} 
\frac{\psi(u)}{\overline{F_I}(u)}&=\left(\frac{\rho}{1+\rho}\right)\sum_{n=1}^{\‌​infty}(\frac{\lambda\mu}{c})^{n}\frac{\overline{F_I^{n }}(u)}{\overline{F_I}(u)}\\
&\leq K\left(\frac{\rho}{1+\rho}\right)\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\left(\frac{1+\rho\right)^{-n}(1+\epsilon)^{n}<\infty.
\end{align*}
\end{document}
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  • The correct command for setting the QED symbol in a final alignment environment is \qedhere (assuming you're using amsthm). – egreg Apr 26 '12 at 21:14
  • Your code compiles fine with the appropriate packages (amsmath and amsthm), there must be something in your preamble that is causing the problem. – Peter Grill Apr 26 '12 at 21:15
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    While code snippets are useful in explanations, it is always best to compose a fully compilable MWE that illustrates the problem including the \documentclass and the appropriate packages so that those trying to help don't have to recreate it. In this case I suspect that you'll solve your own problem by the time you compose a MWE. – Peter Grill Apr 26 '12 at 21:17
  • The error suggests that you are leaving some blank line(s) inside an align* environment; if that's so, simply remove those blank lines; otherwise, as Peter Grill suggested, add a MWE. – Gonzalo Medina Apr 26 '12 at 21:20
  • There was an alignment over the original alignment, which seems to create the problem: \documentclass[a4paper, twoside, ngerman, openright, 12pt]{report} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[ngerman]{babel} \begin{document} – Chris Apr 26 '12 at 21:26
  • \begin{align} \frac{\psi(u)}{\overline{F_I}(u)}&=\left(\frac{\rho}{1+\rho}\right)\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(\frac{\lambda\mu}{c})^{n}\frac{\overline{F_I^{n }}(u)}{\overline{F_I}(u)}&\leq K\left(\frac{\rho}{1+\rho}\right)\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\left(\frac{1+\rho\right)^{-n}(1+\epsilon)^{n}<\infty. \end{align*} \end{document} – Chris Apr 26 '12 at 21:28
  • @Chris: please add the code as an edit to your question; comments are not the best place to write a MWE. In the meantime, I've provided an answer. – Gonzalo Medina Apr 26 '12 at 21:44
  • Ok Gonzalo, will do from now on! – Chris Apr 26 '12 at 21:50
  • Same issue as brackets - What is "! paragraph ended before \align was complete"? - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange. – user202729 Oct 09 '22 at 05:10

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There's an incomplete \frac command at the end of the second line of the align*, here:

\left(\frac{1+\rho\right)

perhaps you meant

\left(\frac{\rho}{1+\rho}\right)

Also you end align* with align (no star), but perhaps that was only a typo in the MWE? Your equation in a complete example:

\documentclass[a4paper, twoside, ngerman, openright, 12pt]{report} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel} 
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

\begin{align*} 
\frac{\psi(u)}{\overline{F_I}(u)} &= \left(\frac{\rho}{1 + \rho}\right)\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(\frac{\lambda\mu}{c})^{n}\frac{\overline{F_I^{n }}(u)}{\overline{F_I}(u)} \\ 
&\leq K\left(\frac{\rho}{1+\rho}\right)\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\left(\frac{\rho}{1+\rho}\right)^{-n}(1+\epsilon)^{n}<\infty.
 \end{align*} 

\end{document}

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