Problems with align* environment












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I had some problems while trying to align some equations in an align* environment. The output should be something like this:





As you can see, all the + symbols are vertically aligned, and so are the letters after them. I tried with an align* environment to get a similar result, but I was not able to align the symbols nor the letters. Here is my code and output:



begin{align*}
a &+2alpha az &+3alpha^2 az^2 &+4alpha^3az^3 &+5alpha^4az^4 +mbox{ecc.}\
&+bz &+2alpha bz^2 &+3alpha^2 bz^3 &+4alpha^4bz^4,
end{align*}




Is there a manner to get a more elegant result, without all those white spaces inside the sums? Thank you!










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    I had some problems while trying to align some equations in an align* environment. The output should be something like this:





    As you can see, all the + symbols are vertically aligned, and so are the letters after them. I tried with an align* environment to get a similar result, but I was not able to align the symbols nor the letters. Here is my code and output:



    begin{align*}
    a &+2alpha az &+3alpha^2 az^2 &+4alpha^3az^3 &+5alpha^4az^4 +mbox{ecc.}\
    &+bz &+2alpha bz^2 &+3alpha^2 bz^3 &+4alpha^4bz^4,
    end{align*}




    Is there a manner to get a more elegant result, without all those white spaces inside the sums? Thank you!










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      I had some problems while trying to align some equations in an align* environment. The output should be something like this:





      As you can see, all the + symbols are vertically aligned, and so are the letters after them. I tried with an align* environment to get a similar result, but I was not able to align the symbols nor the letters. Here is my code and output:



      begin{align*}
      a &+2alpha az &+3alpha^2 az^2 &+4alpha^3az^3 &+5alpha^4az^4 +mbox{ecc.}\
      &+bz &+2alpha bz^2 &+3alpha^2 bz^3 &+4alpha^4bz^4,
      end{align*}




      Is there a manner to get a more elegant result, without all those white spaces inside the sums? Thank you!










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      I had some problems while trying to align some equations in an align* environment. The output should be something like this:





      As you can see, all the + symbols are vertically aligned, and so are the letters after them. I tried with an align* environment to get a similar result, but I was not able to align the symbols nor the letters. Here is my code and output:



      begin{align*}
      a &+2alpha az &+3alpha^2 az^2 &+4alpha^3az^3 &+5alpha^4az^4 +mbox{ecc.}\
      &+bz &+2alpha bz^2 &+3alpha^2 bz^3 &+4alpha^4bz^4,
      end{align*}




      Is there a manner to get a more elegant result, without all those white spaces inside the sums? Thank you!







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          align gives alternating left and right alignment, but here I think you want centering so



          enter image description here



          documentclass{article}

          usepackage{array,amsmath}

          begin{document}

          [
          begin{array}{*{20}{@{}>{{}}c<{{}}@{}}}
          a &+&2alpha az &+&3alpha^2 az^2 &+&4alpha^3az^3 &+&5alpha^4az^4 &+&mbox{ecc.}\
          &+&bz &+&2alpha bz^2 &+&3alpha^2 bz^3 &+&4alpha^4bz^4,
          end{array}
          ]
          end{document}





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            align gives alternating left and right alignment, but here I think you want centering so



            enter image description here



            documentclass{article}

            usepackage{array,amsmath}

            begin{document}

            [
            begin{array}{*{20}{@{}>{{}}c<{{}}@{}}}
            a &+&2alpha az &+&3alpha^2 az^2 &+&4alpha^3az^3 &+&5alpha^4az^4 &+&mbox{ecc.}\
            &+&bz &+&2alpha bz^2 &+&3alpha^2 bz^3 &+&4alpha^4bz^4,
            end{array}
            ]
            end{document}





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              align gives alternating left and right alignment, but here I think you want centering so



              enter image description here



              documentclass{article}

              usepackage{array,amsmath}

              begin{document}

              [
              begin{array}{*{20}{@{}>{{}}c<{{}}@{}}}
              a &+&2alpha az &+&3alpha^2 az^2 &+&4alpha^3az^3 &+&5alpha^4az^4 &+&mbox{ecc.}\
              &+&bz &+&2alpha bz^2 &+&3alpha^2 bz^3 &+&4alpha^4bz^4,
              end{array}
              ]
              end{document}





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                align gives alternating left and right alignment, but here I think you want centering so



                enter image description here



                documentclass{article}

                usepackage{array,amsmath}

                begin{document}

                [
                begin{array}{*{20}{@{}>{{}}c<{{}}@{}}}
                a &+&2alpha az &+&3alpha^2 az^2 &+&4alpha^3az^3 &+&5alpha^4az^4 &+&mbox{ecc.}\
                &+&bz &+&2alpha bz^2 &+&3alpha^2 bz^3 &+&4alpha^4bz^4,
                end{array}
                ]
                end{document}





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                align gives alternating left and right alignment, but here I think you want centering so



                enter image description here



                documentclass{article}

                usepackage{array,amsmath}

                begin{document}

                [
                begin{array}{*{20}{@{}>{{}}c<{{}}@{}}}
                a &+&2alpha az &+&3alpha^2 az^2 &+&4alpha^3az^3 &+&5alpha^4az^4 &+&mbox{ecc.}\
                &+&bz &+&2alpha bz^2 &+&3alpha^2 bz^3 &+&4alpha^4bz^4,
                end{array}
                ]
                end{document}






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