Command/startplaceformula

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Last modified: 2026-05-25

Summary

The environment \startplaceformula ... \stopplaceformula is used to place a formula, optionally numbered and captioned. NOTE: unlike many \startplace... commands, this one does not create an object that floats.

Settings

\startplaceformula[...=...,...] ... \stopplaceformula
title text
suffix text
reference + - reference

Option Explanation
title
caption
reference
reference anchor

Settings argument

\startplaceformula[...,...] ... \stopplaceformula
[...,...] + - reference

Description

Within the \startplaceformula ... \stopplaceformula environment, the display math environment \startformula ... \stopformula is also necessary.

Examples

Example 1

This example shows that with \startplaceformula an equation number is added, and that a refererence can be created.

  • \startplaceformula[reference=eqn:Pythag]
    \startformula
    a^2 + b^2 = c^2
    \stopformula
    \stopplaceformula
    
    In \in{Equation}[eqn:Pythag] above we see ...
    

Notes

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