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informalequation

informalequation — A displayed mathematical equation without a title.

Synopsis

informalequation ::= [-]

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional attributes:

  • floatstyle
  • pgwide (enumeration)
    • “0”
    • “1”

Description

An informalequation is usually a mathematical equation or a group of related mathematical equations.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

floatstyle

Specifies style information to be used when rendering the float

pgwide

Indicates if the element is rendered across the column or the page

Enumerated values:
“0”

The element should be rendered in the current text flow (with the flow column width).

“1”

The element should be rendered across the full text page.

Children

The following elements occur in informalequation: alt, caption, info (db.titleforbidden.info), mathphrase, mediaobject, mml:*.

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example informalequation</title>

<para>The equation
<informalequation>
  <alt>e^(pi*i) + 1 = 0</alt>
  <mediaobject>
    <imageobject condition="print">
      <imagedata fileref="figs/print/db5d_refeqn02.pdf"/>
    </imageobject>
    <imageobject condition="web">
      <imagedata fileref="figs/web/db5d_refeqn02.png"/>
    </imageobject>
  </mediaobject>
</informalequation>
is delightful because it joins together five of the most
important mathematical constants.
</para>

</article>

The equation

is delightful because it joins together five of the most important mathematical constants.