how can I make equations smaller in TeX?
equations, latex, typesetting
Solution
If you like the results you're getting from $ eqn $, you can get this by putting \textstyle in your equation environment.
To suppress numbering use "*": `\begin{equation*} ... \end{equation*}`. You can also use \notag on individual equations in an environment (e.g. align).
Problem
how can I make equations smaller in TeX? For example, I want to use the equation environment as follows: ``` \begin{equation} long equation here \end{equation} ``` but then it's displayed in a way that's too large to fit in the margin. I get around this by using: ``` $ long equation here $ ``` but then I don't get the automatic numbering and all the other nice features of equation environments. secondly, how can I suppress equation numbering for specific equations in \begin{equation}\end{equation}? I'd like equations with no displayed numbers to not count to the total (so if the first 3 equations' numbers suppressed, but the 4th isn't, the 4th equation should be labeled "1"). thanks.