Large matrices

Steve Hnizdur via lyx-users <[email protected]> Tue, 26 May 2026 08:45:08 +0100
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Hi

Attached is a piece of code to produce an 11 by 11 matrix in round 
brackets. It throws an error on compilation of

"Extra alignment tab has been changed to \cr.

& & & & & & & & & &

1

You have given more \span or & marks than there were

in the preamble to the \halign or \valign now in progress.

So I'll assume that you meant to type \cr instead."

However a 10 by 10 matrix works fine.

Is this a problem with my set up, which is Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS, LyX 
Version 2.3.6?

Regards

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    <p>Hi</p>
    <p>Attached is a piece of code to produce an 11 by 11 matrix in round brackets. It throws an error on compilation of</p>
    <p>"Extra alignment tab has been changed to \cr.</p>
    <p
style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">  &amp;  &amp;  &amp;  &amp;  &amp;  &amp;  &amp;  &amp;  &amp;  &amp;</p>
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style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">                                   1</p>
    <p
style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">You have given more \span or &amp; marks than there were</p>
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style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">in the preamble to the \halign or \valign now in progress.</p>
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style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">So I'll assume that you meant to type \cr instead."</p>
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style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">
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    <p
style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">However a 10 by 10 matrix works fine.</p>
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    <p
style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Is this a problem with my set up, which is Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS, LyX Version 2.3.6?</p>
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style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">
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