incorrect alignment when usind subequations and alignat in combination

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\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, fleqn]{book}
\usepackage[utf8,ansinew]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{siunitx}  
\usepackage[fleqn,centertags]{mathtools}
\begin{document}

This is ordinary text and below 3 blocks of equations. The first one without using subequations.
\begin{alignat}{2}
 &a     &&=b ~,\label{1a}\\[1ex]
 &alpha &&=beta~,\label{1b} \\[1ex]
 &c     &&=\frac{\num{72000}\cdot\num{50000}\,(1 - \num{0.30})}{\num{50000}\,(1 - \num{0.30}) -
           2\cdot\num{72000}\cdot\num{0.25}^2} = \SI{96923}{kN/m^2} \label{1c} \\[1ex]
 &cc    &&=\frac{\num{72000}\cdot\num{50000}\,(1 - \num{0.30})}{\num{50000}\,(1 - \num{0.30}) -
           2\cdot\num{72000}\cdot\num{0.25}^2} = \SI{96923.08}{kN/m^2} \label{1d}
\end{alignat}%
The second block uses the subequation environment.
{\allowdisplaybreaks [4]
\begin{subequations}\label{1}
%\noeqref{1a,1b,1c,1d}
\begin{alignat}{2}
 &a     &&=b ~,\label{1a}\\[1ex]
 &alpha &&=beta~,\label{1b} \\[1ex]
 &c     &&=\frac{\num{72000}\cdot\num{50000}\,(1 - \num{0.30})}{\num{50000}\,(1 - \num{0.30}) -
           2\cdot\num{72000}\cdot\num{0.25}^2} = \SI{96923}{kN/m^2} \label{1c} \\[1ex]
 &cc    &&=\frac{\num{72000}\cdot\num{50000}\,(1 - \num{0.30})}{\num{50000}\,(1 - \num{0.30}) -
           2\cdot\num{72000}\cdot\num{0.25}^2} = \SI{96923.08}{kN/m^2} \label{1d}
\end{alignat}
\end{subequations}}%
The alignment on the left side is fine in both cases. However, in the second case there is too much horizontal space left of the "=" sign. When the equation (5d) is removed, or if I reduce the length of (5d) by deleting one or more digits again, the alignment is fine, as can be seen below.
{\allowdisplaybreaks [4]
\begin{subequations}\label{1}
%\noeqref{1a,1b,1c,1d}
\begin{alignat}{2}
 &a     &&=b ~,\label{1a}\\[1ex]
 &alpha &&=beta~,\label{1b} \\[1ex]
 &c     &&=\frac{\num{72000}\cdot\num{50000}\,(1 - \num{0.30})}{\num{50000}\,(1 - \num{0.30}) -
           2\cdot\num{72000}\cdot\num{0.25}^2} = \SI{96923}{kN/m^2} \label{1c} \\[1ex]
 &cc    &&=\frac{\num{72000}\cdot\num{50000}\,(1 - \num{0.30})}{\num{50000}\,(1 - \num{0.30}) -
           2\cdot\num{72000}\cdot\num{0.25}^2} = \SI{96923}{kN/m^2} \label{1d}
\end{alignat}
\end{subequations}}
\end{document}

This is what I get:

I'd say the first alignment is wrong too many &. – daleif Dec 24 '23 at 08:42 — daleif, Dec 24 '23 at 08:42

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 24 '23 at 09:40

You're being unlucky. As you can see, the tags in the second display are misaligned: probably amsmath should do better in this case and, at least, issue a warning that the alignment is too wide.

Since you're using fleqn, you can solve the issue by pretending that the long equation is actually a bit shorter.

\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, fleqn]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{siunitx}  
\usepackage[fleqn,centertags]{mathtools}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
This is ordinary text and below 3 blocks of equations. The first one without using subequations.
\begin{alignat}{2}
 &a     &&=b ~,\label{1a}\[1ex]
 &alpha &&=beta~,\label{1b} \[1ex]
 &c     &&=\frac{\num{72000}\cdot\num{50000},(1 - \num{0.30})}{\num{50000},(1 - \num{0.30}) -
           2\cdot\num{72000}\cdot\num{0.25}^2} = \SI{96923}{kN/m^2} \label{1c} \[1ex]
 &cc    &&=\frac{\num{72000}\cdot\num{50000},(1 - \num{0.30})}{\num{50000},(1 - \num{0.30}) -
           2\cdot\num{72000}\cdot\num{0.25}^2} = \SI{96923.08}{kN/m^2} \label{1d}
\end{alignat}
The second block uses the subequation environment.
\begin{subequations}\label{1}
\begin{alignat}{2}
 &a     &&=b ~,\label{x1a}\[1ex]
 &alpha &&=beta~,\label{x1b} \[1ex]
 &c     &&=\frac{\num{72000}\cdot\num{50000},(1 - \num{0.30})}{\num{50000},(1 - \num{0.30}) -
           2\cdot\num{72000}\cdot\num{0.25}^2} = \SI{96923}{kN/m^2} \label{x1c} \[1ex]
 &cc    &&=\frac{\num{72000}\cdot\num{50000},(1 - \num{0.30})}{\num{50000},(1 - \num{0.30}) -
           2\cdot\num{72000}\cdot\num{0.25}^2} = \SI{96923.08}{kN/m^2}
           \hspace{-2em}
           \label{x1d}
\end{alignat}
\end{subequations}
\end{document}

Never use \allowdisplaybreaks in the final version of a document. You may use it in the preamble when writing the document, but at the end the page breaks in displays have to be carefully chosen.
It makes no sense to load ansinew. Remove the inputenc call.
Why left alignment of the left-hand sides?

incorrect alignment when usind subequations and alignat in combination

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