# multline*

Used for long equations that span multiple lines without assigning an equation number.

https://texform.dev/latex/environments/multline-star

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Alignment](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/alignment) |
| Packages | ams |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Tags | math-alignment |
| Commonality | medium |
| Body mode | math |

## Syntax

### ams

Argument specification: ``

Used for long equations that span multiple lines without assigning an equation number.

## Examples

```latex
\begin{multline*} a+b \end{multline*}
```

[Open in Playground](https://play.texform.dev/?input=%5Cbegin%7Bmultline*%7D+a%2Bb+%5Cend%7Bmultline*%7D)

## Renderer support

| Package | MathJax | KaTeX | XeTeX |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ams | full | none | full |

## Usage frequency

0.28% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 16 of 31 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm reads the environment body in math mode.

## See also

- [multline](https://texform.dev/latex/environments/multline)

## Test cases

### ams

| Input | Case | MathJax | KaTeX | XeTeX |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| \begin{multline*} a \end{multline*} | Positive: baseline | Pass | Fail | Pass |