How can I left align latex equations in R Markdown?
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Solution 1
Try using $...$
instead of $$...$$
.
In the case of $$...$$
in Rmarkdown is center aligned by default
Solution 2
This question has already been asked here: R Markdown Math Equation Allignment
The below works for me:
$\begin{aligned}
Bias(\hat{\theta}) &= E(\hat{\theta}) - \theta \\
&= E(2 \bar{X} -1) - \theta \\
&= \frac{2}{n}\sum_{i=1}^n E(X_i) -1 -\theta \\
&= 2E(X) - 1 - \theta \\
&= 2 \cdot \frac{\theta+1}{2} - 1 - \theta \\
&= 0 \\
\end{aligned}$
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Steve Reno
Updated on July 05, 2022Comments
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Steve Reno almost 2 years
I'm having some difficulty left aligning equations in R Markdown (i.e. putting the equation on the far left side of page, and aligning subsequent lines). I've generally determined that I want to set the [fleqn] option in the amsmath package to left align all equations, but putting the following in my YAML header gives an error
'Option clash for package amsmath'
--- author: "ME" date: "February 26, 2015" header-includes: - \usepackage[fleqn]{amsmath} output: pdf_document ---
A section from my document:
$$ \begin{aligned} Bias(\hat{\theta}) &= E(\hat{\theta}) - \theta \\ &= E(2 \bar{X} -1) - \theta \\ &= \frac{2}{n}\sum_{i=1}^n E(X_i) -1 -\theta \\ &= 2E(X) - 1 - \theta \\ &= 2 \cdot \frac{\theta+1}{2} - 1 - \theta \\ &= 0 \\ \end{aligned} $$
Thanks
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Will C almost 5 yearsI believe that post only addresses how to align elements of the equation. I believe here they're asking how to align equations to the left of the page. Your code aligns the = symbol for each line, but it will still be centered on the page by default.
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gosuto over 4 yearsYour answer nor the answers in your link do not help in left aligning equations in R Markdown.
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Jaleks over 2 yearsthis does not align the equations at the equals sign anymore