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I want to do something like this:

1. blah blah blah

2. blah blah blah

3. blah blah blah

How do I do this?

Buffer Over Read
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    We don't typically refer to that as a set of equations, but instead, a list. See what \begin{enumerate} \item blah blah blah \item blah blah blah \item blah blah blah \end{enumerate} gives you... – Werner Nov 30 '16 at 17:12
  • @Werner I tested this with \begin{enumerate} \item \square P \item P \rightarrow Q \item P \leftarrow Q \end{enumerate}, but I got this result. – Buffer Over Read Nov 30 '16 at 17:30
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    You need to place math-related content in math mode (between $...$). With \begin{enumerate} \item $\square P$ \item $P \rightarrow Q$ \item $P \leftarrow Q$ \end{enumerate} I get this result. If you don't please provide a minimal example as part of your question so we can attempt to replicate your current issue. – Werner Nov 30 '16 at 17:45
  • If what you want, though, is numbered equations, you should use the equation environment, or similar. \begin{equation} \square P \end{equation} \begin{equation} P \rightarrow Q \end{equation} etc. – Au101 Nov 30 '16 at 17:53
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    Frankly this is covered on the very first pages of every introduction to LaTeX. I strongly recommend that you read one of the resources here: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/11/what-are-good-learning-resources-for-a-latex-beginner/ . If you have problems then please also consider http://meta.tex.stackexchange.com/questions/228/ive-just-been-asked-to-write-a-minimal-example-what-is-that . – Florian Nov 30 '16 at 18:03
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    Downvoters, please let the comments suffice to help a new user. – musarithmia Nov 30 '16 at 18:43

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It's important to keep issues related to the specifics of mathematical formulas separate from other aspects of the document, such as the use of an enumerated list of items to provide a visual (as well as numerical) sequence for the way some argument is being laid out to the readers.

I think the following may be what you want:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amssymb} % for "\square" macro
\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate} % start an enumerated list
\item $\square P$
\item $P\to Q$
\item $P\gets Q$
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}

Observe that the body of each enumerated item is a math formula.

Mico
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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amssymb}

\newcounter{eq}
\setcounter{eq}{1}
\newcommand{\eq}{{\noindent {\arabic{eq}}} \addtocounter{eq}{1}{\hspace{-0.1cm{{.}}}} }
\newcommand{\eqz}{{\setcounter{eq}{1}} {{\arabic{eq}}} \addtocounter{eq}{1}\hspace{-0.1cm{{.}}}}

\begin{document}
\eq Bla
\eq bla bla
\eq bla bla bla
\end{document}
Moura
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  • I assume you want a \par before the \noindent instruction? By the way, what is the \eqz macro supposed to accomplish? The reason I ask is that it doesn't appear to be used in your MWE. Finally, if one ever needs to cross-reference one of these items, one should use \refstepcounter{eq} instead of \addtocounter{eq}{1}. – Mico Nov 30 '16 at 20:24