Take the 2-minute tour ×  Now, first of all let me get something
clear: I do not ask for any reasons why align is btter than
eqnarray. All I ask is a simple way to make this work, using
eqnarray (It's obviously possible, but I'm not sure how).
$\Psi_{1}(x,\lambda)$ & = & & $ U(x,\lambda)e_{1} $ \cr &   & &
\cr \end {tabular} \end {eqnarray}  Yet after compiling it, I
get the equation centered, instead of left-aligned. I've tried
to insert \left{ ... \right} , but it wouldn't even build, and I
just had many errors popping up. Could someone tell me a simple
way to do so, wihout using \begin{align}. I do want to use
\begin{eqnarray} (I've got my own reasons why).  share|improve
this question What do you mean by "left-aligned"? The default
behaviour of eqnarray is to provide a right-centre-left
alignment of the three components of the equation. Collectively,
the entire structure is centred. Do you want the entire
structure to be left-aligned? –  Werner Apr 7 '13 at 21:06 add
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