Is there any reason to use \begin{equation} and \end{equation} instead of the two $ signs?

Asked Dec 17 '20 at 13:23

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Sorry if this question has already been answered somewhere. I tried searching it up in google but I couldn't find anything.

My question: If I want to write an equation in LaTeX, when do I use $...$ (or $$...$$) and when do I use \begin{equation} and \end{equation}? Are there any (dis-)advantages or do they do the same thing?

I am new to LaTeX so this is probably a very trivial question.

asked Dec 17 '20 at 13:23

Lorun

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$...$ is for inline math. As for $$ see Why is \[ … \] preferable to $$ … $$? – campa Dec 17 '20 at 13:24
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See also Are $ and $ preferable to dollar signs for math mode? – campa Dec 17 '20 at 13:27
Parsing the code is also much easier when start and end is different. – daleif Dec 17 '20 at 13:35
Thank you guys. I get it now :) [I don't know how to upvote comments so just take my virtual like] – Lorun Dec 17 '20 at 13:43
@Lorun depending on what you have access to you should be able to upvode via the arrows next to the comments. – daleif Dec 17 '20 at 14:07
if you saw a latex tutorial that suggested that $$ is valid syntax you should contact the author and see if it can be fixed. But apart from that equation adds an equation number and $$ does not. – David Carlisle Dec 17 '20 at 14:15

Is there any reason to use \begin{equation} and \end{equation} instead of the two $ signs?

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