Putting the heading in the center

Question

I want to place the heading Hypersurfaces in the centre of the line.

\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage[a4paper,left=25mm,top=25mm,right=25mm,bottom=25mm]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\noindent \LARGE{\textbf{Hypersurfaces}}\\ [0.3cm]
\large{\textbf{1. Defining equation}}\\
 In a 4d manifold, hypersurface is a 3d submanifold. It can be timelike, 
 spacelike or nulllike.\\
 $\Sigma$ is defined by
 \[\Phi(x^{\alpha})=0\]
 \[x^{\alpha}=x^{\alpha}(y^a)\]

How to move only one word in the center of the line?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 05 '18 at 19:29

It's better to use proper semantic notation when setting a document that you've started. Set the title inside a center environment, use \section for numbered sectional units and space out paragraphs using a blank line (not \\):

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

\begin{center}
  \LARGE\bfseries Hypersurfaces
\end{center}

\section{Defining equation}

In a 4D manifold, hypersurface is a 3D submanifold. It can be timelike, space-like or null-like.

$\Sigma$ is defined by
\begin{gather}
  \Phi(x^{\alpha}) = 0 \\
  x^{\alpha} = x^{\alpha}(y^a)
\end{gather}

\end{document}

Once you have your code set up in a functional way, you can change the formatting in a uniform way. For example, if you want a period after the number in the sectional title, follow How to add a dot after the section number?.

But what if this is not the title of the document. If I want to make the heading of a section in the center, is it possible? — Khushal, Jul 06 '18 at 07:34
@Khushal: You'll probably want to be consistent. That is, not just a section heading, but all section headings. For that, see Centering chapter/section/subsection. — Werner, Jul 06 '18 at 16:19

Putting the heading in the center

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