How to label each equation in align environment?

Question

I wonder how to label each equation in align environment? For example

\begin{align} \label{eq:lnnonspbb}
\lambda_i + \mu_i = 0 \\
\mu_i \xi_i = 0 \\
\lambda_i [y_i( w^T x_i + b) - 1 + \xi_i] = 0
\end{align} 

only label the first equation and only the first equation can be referred later.

Pockmark

Answer 1

You can label each line separately, in your case:

\begin{align}
  \lambda_i + \mu_i = 0 \label{eq:1}\\
  \mu_i \xi_i = 0 \label{eq:2}\\
  \lambda_i [y_i( w^T x_i + b) - 1 + \xi_i] = 0 \label{eq:3}
\end{align} 

Note that this only works for AMS environments that are designed for multiple equations (as opposed to multiline single equations).

Deadhead

What do you mean by "AMS environments that are designed for multiple equations (as opposed to multiline single equations)"? – Socket

@jvriesem: the environment align is meant for multiple equations. Each equation will receive a number. If you use an equation environment, and put an aligned environment inside it, the whole block is considered as one equation, and will receive one number. Putting multiple \labels inside it will result in errors – Deadhead

Answer 2

Usually my align environments are set up like

\begin{align} 
  \label{eqn1}
  \lambda_i + \mu_i = 0 \\
  \label{eqn2}
  \mu_i \xi_i = 0 \\
  \label{eqn3}
  \lambda_i [y_i( w^T x_i + b) - 1 + \xi_i] = 0
\end{align} 

The \label command should be placed in the line you want to reference, the placement in the line does not matter. I prefer to place it at the beginning at the line (as a sort of description) while others place them at the end.

Agglutination

Answer 3

Within the environment align from the package amsmath it is possible to combine the use of \label and \tag for each equation or line. For example, the code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}
Write
\begin{align}
x+y\label{eq:eq1}\tag{Aa}\\
x+z\label{eq:eq2}\tag{Bb}\\
y-z\label{eq:eq3}\tag{Cc}\\
y-2z\nonumber
\end{align}
then cite \eqref{eq:eq1} and \eqref{eq:eq2} or \eqref{eq:eq3} separately.
\end{document}

produces:

Fricative

That nonumber command helped me a lot, thanks! – Carrizales

Answer 4

\tag also works in align*. Example:

\begin{align*}
  a(x)^{2} &= bx\tag{1}\\ 
  a(x)^{2} &= b\tag{2}\\ 
  ax &= b\tag{3}\\ 
  a(x)^{2}+bx &= c\tag{4}\\ 
  a(x)^{2}+c &= bx\tag{5}\\ 
  a(x)^{2} &= bx+c\tag{6}\\ \\ 
  Where\quad a, b, c \, \in N
\end{align*}

Output:

Underlay

Something important: this doesn't work in align, only align*. – Choanocyte

Why are the tags to the left? – Shoshanashoshanna

Answer 5

like this

\begin{align} 

x_{\rm L} & = L \int{\cos\theta\left(\xi\right) d\xi}, \label{eq_1} \\\\

y_{\rm L} & = L \int{\sin\theta\left(\xi\right) d\xi}, \nonumber

\end{align}

Casaubon

Answer 6

The answers seem a bit dated, they don't work for me. What did work was

\begin{align}
1+1=2     \tag{xyz}
\end{align}

reference

Intercession