Paragraph ended before split was complete?

Asked Aug 17 '20 at 18:20

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I have the following

\begin{equation}
    \begin{split}
        \frac{1}{2}\sum_{i} z_i^2 + \sum_{i}s_it_i &=   \frac{1}{2}\sum_{i}z_i^2 + \sum_{P_2}s_it_i+\sum_{R \setminus P_2}s_it_i\\
                             &=     \frac{1}{2}\sum_i z_i^2 + \sum_{P_2}2(n-3-z_i) + \sum_{R \setminus P_2} (n-2-z_i)\\
                             &\ge    \frac{1}{2}\sum_i z_i^2 - \sum_{R} z_i - \sum_{P_2}z_i+ 2(n-3)\sigma + (n-p-q-2)(n-2)\\
\end{split}

\end{equation}

Compiling gives me the error "Paragraph ended before split was complete", it mentions something about \par afterward. I can't spot any error.

asked Aug 17 '20 at 18:20

mtheorylord

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You have a blank line inside the split environment. Delete it. – Bernard Aug 17 '20 at 18:27
Thank you, that makes sense. – mtheorylord Aug 17 '20 at 18:31
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Don't forget that no display math environment should contain a blank line (which is used to mark the end of a paragraph in text mode). – Bernard Aug 17 '20 at 18:38
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If you want to have an almost blank line there for readability, you can put a single % in that line. – Skillmon Aug 17 '20 at 18:46
Crosslink: Same issue as Paragraph ended before \align was complete - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange. – user202729 Oct 09 '22 at 05:10

Paragraph ended before split was complete?

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