Hello,

What is the easiest way to align successive mathematical steps after
an "equals" sign in LaTex?
For example, I would like to typeset something like the following:

32 = 1 x 32
     =  2 x 16
     =  4 x 8

How can this be accomplished with the equal signs aligned (going down
the page)?

Thank you,
Ray L.

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<5ff1ce2b-95a3-4d38-9dab-e105d4bd9c01@i31g2000vbt.googlegroups.com>,
 Ray <rr44yy@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> What is the easiest way to align successive mathematical steps after
> an "equals" sign in LaTex?
> For example, I would like to typeset something like the following:
> 
> 32 = 1 x 32
>      =  2 x 16
>      =  4 x 8
> 
> How can this be accomplished with the equal signs aligned (going down
> the page)?

The align environment from amsmath.

For a good guide that answers most of these kinds of questions, take a 
look at Herb Voss' mathmode documentation. (In addition the the amsmath 
documentation itself). (Both are included as part of TeXLive and MikTeX).

Alan