Bullets not aligned with equation

Question

I want to align the bullet to the equation but for some reason the equation renders a line underneath the bullet. Here is my code

\begin{itemize} 
       \item[\textcolor{blue}{\textbullet}]
         \begin{equation*}%blue
             (w^{\dagger_1})^{\dagger_0} = (\overline{x}+\overline{y}\varepsilon)^{\dagger_0} = \overline{x}+\overline{y}\varepsilon = (x+y\varepsilon)^{\dagger_1} = (w^{\dagger_0})^{\dagger_1} = w^{\dagger_1}
        \end{equation*}
     \item[\textcolor{red}{\textbullet}]
     \begin{equation*}%red
         (w^{\dagger_2})^{\dagger_0} = (x-y\varepsilon)^{\dagger_0} = x-y\varepsilon = (x+y\varepsilon)^{\dagger_2} = (w^{\dagger_0})^{\dagger_2} = w^{\dagger_2}
    \end{equation*}

\end{itemize}

Here is the image

Here is the desired output

Welcome! Do you have numbered equations in your document? If so, is the number on the right or on the left? — egreg, Apr 24 '22 at 10:41
@eggreg yes there are numbered equations and they're on the left. please disregard my previous comment — agehfdhsia08474, Apr 24 '22 at 10:48
This previous question is relevant: Equations inside enumerate aligned on item's number — barbara beeton, Apr 24 '22 at 12:27

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 24 '22 at 10:52

You need to use inline math mode instead of display math mode.

A separate matter: I would also use \bar{x} instead of \overline{x}.

\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{xcolor,amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize} 
\item[\textcolor{blue}{\textbullet}] \quad
       $(w^{\dagger_1})^{\dagger_0} 
       = (\bar{x}+\bar{y}\varepsilon)^{\dagger_0} 
       = \bar{x}+\bar{y}\varepsilon 
       = (x+y\varepsilon)^{\dagger_1} 
       = (w^{\dagger_0})^{\dagger_1} = w^{\dagger_1}$
\item[\textcolor{red}{\textbullet}] \quad
       $(w^{\dagger_2})^{\dagger_0} 
       = (x-y\varepsilon)^{\dagger_0} 
       = x-y\varepsilon 
       = (x+y\varepsilon)^{\dagger_2} 
       = (w^{\dagger_0})^{\dagger_2} = w^{\dagger_2}$
\end{itemize}
\end{document}

@JohnKormylo - In general, yes. For the code at hand, though, it makes no difference, exept for a 1pt shift in the height of the superscript terms. — Mico, Apr 24 '22 at 14:43

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '22 at 12:07

I believe you'd prefer using gather and \tag.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[leqno]{amsmath}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\begin{document}
These are tagged equations, with some more text to emulate
some real text, which this isn't
\begin{gather}
\tag{\textcolor{blue}{\textbullet}}
(w^{\dagger_1})^{\dagger_0}
= (\overline{x}+\overline{y}\varepsilon)^{\dagger_0} 
= \overline{x}+\overline{y}\varepsilon 
= (x+y\varepsilon)^{\dagger_1}
= (w^{\dagger_0})^{\dagger_1} = w^{\dagger_1}
\
\tag{\textcolor{red}{\textbullet}}
(w^{\dagger_2})^{\dagger_0}
= (x-y\varepsilon)^{\dagger_0}
= x-y\varepsilon
= (x+y\varepsilon)^{\dagger_2}
= (w^{\dagger_0})^{\dagger_2}
= w^{\dagger_2}
\end{gather}
These are standard equations, with some more text to emulate
some real text, which this isn't
\begin{equation}
1+1=2
\end{equation}
These are standard equations, with some more text to emulate
some real text, which this isn't
\end{document}

Bullets not aligned with equation

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