I have put the following formula in a latex document but I am getting an error missing \right.
\begin{multline}
\int\;\dd^3\vec{x}\int\frac{\dd^3\vec{k^\prime}}{2E(\vec{k}^\prime)(2\pi)^3}
\left(
(2\pi)^3\dirac{3}{\vec{k}^\prime-\vec{k}}
\e{i\dots}a^\dagger(\vec{k}^\prime)\\
+(2\pi)^3\dirac{3}{\vec{k}^\prime-\vec{k}}
\e{i\dots}a(\vec{k}^\prime)
\right)
\end{multline}
Note that if I remove the \\ then it works fine, ie;
\begin{multline}
\int\;\dd^3\vec{x}\int\frac{\dd^3\vec{k^\prime}}{2E(\vec{k}^\prime)(2\pi)^3}
\left(
(2\pi)^3\dirac{3}{\vec{k}^\prime-\vec{k}}
\e{i\dots}a^\dagger(\vec{k}^\prime)
+(2\pi)^3\dirac{3}{\vec{k}^\prime-\vec{k}}
\e{i\dots}a(\vec{k}^\prime)
\right)
\end{multline}
That ^^ works.
\vphantoms it is maybe easier to replace\left(and\right)by parentheses of fixed height, like here. – gernot Oct 14 '16 at 16:55