[Tex/LaTex] LaTeX: Multiple authors stays on same line

authorline-breaking

I have 5 authors for a paper currently added like so:

\author{First Author \\
  Affiliation / Address line 1 \\
  {\tt email@domain} \\\And
  Second Author \\
  Affiliation / Address line 1 \\
  {\tt email@domain} \\\And
  Third Author \\
  Affiliation / Address line 1 \\
  {\tt email@domain} \\\And
  Fourth Author \\
  Affiliation / Address line 1 \\
  {\tt email@domain} \\\And
  Fifth Author \\
  Affiliation / Address line 1 \\
  {\tt email@domain} \\
}

Currently they are displayed on the same line and overlapping like so:

I thought that LaTeX would automatically break this line, but apparently not. I would prefer to have 3 on the top row and then 2 beneath, but I haven't found how to do this properly. Found some hacks, but then I lose styling on the lower row.

Edit: After some investigating it seems to be the style package used that cases the issue. We have to use this style package since this is an assignment. Here is the style code regarding the different \and tags.

{\def\and{\unskip\enspace{\rm and}\enspace}%
 \def\And{\end{tabular}\hss \egroup \hskip 1in plus 2fil 
       \hbox to 0pt\bgroup\hss \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\bf}%
 \def\AND{\end{tabular}\hss\egroup \hfil\hfil\egroup
      \vskip 0.25in plus 1fil minus 0.125in
       \hbox to \linewidth\bgroup\large \hfil\hfil
         \hbox to 0pt\bgroup\hss \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\bf}
 \hbox to \linewidth\bgroup\large \hfil\hfil
 \hbox to 0pt\bgroup\hss \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\bf\@author 
                        \end{tabular}\hss\egroup
 \hfil\hfil\egroup
}

What would be the best way to work around this?

Best Answer

Combining the commands \And and \AND, like so:

\author{First Author \\
  Affiliation / Address line 1 \\
  {\tt email@domain} \\\And
  Second Author \\
  Affiliation / Address line 1 \\
  {\tt email@domain} \\\And
  Third Author \\
  Affiliation / Address line 1 \\
  {\tt email@domain} \\\AND
  Fourth Author \\
  Affiliation / Address line 1 \\
  {\tt email@domain} \\\And
  Fifth Author \\
  Affiliation / Address line 1 \\
  {\tt email@domain} \\
}

Gave the desired result:

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you've already separated the different elements, providing spaces between the distinct equations comprising each language and separately coding these equations as math (even though the space between the first two is, probably inadvertently, omitted). unfortunately, these spaces don't fall in a place that is optimal for tex to break the line.

the ultimate goal is for what is presented to be understood.

there are two parts to this recommendation.

first, the words "milk, curry, rice" are, as you say, constants, and as such should be in a text font, preferably not italic in this context, even though they're part of the math expression. as coded in your original, they are typeset as strings of variables multiplied together. these could be coded as \mathrm{<word>}, but that doesn't help with line breaking. it also wouldn't leave spaces after the commas, although in this situation, whether spaces are visible there or not wouldn't be misunderstood by a reader.

another way to approach these is to recognize them as text, and input them as, for example,

$\mathcal{C}_o=\{\text{milk, curry, rice}\}$

but this doesn't help with line breaking either, since in this context, the only "allowable" break is after the equals sign.

so, second part of suggestion, take advantage of the fact that a reader isn't likely to misunderstand what is meant if a line is broken within that string of constants, and (temporarily) terminate the math after the opening brace, and reinstate it for the ending brace:

$\mathcal{C}_o=\{$milk, curry, rice$\}$

to illustrate, using a forced line break for the "all math" instance, compare these two lines:

enter image description here

here's the input that produced the image:

\begin{itemize}
\item The language of enquiry $\mathcal{L}$ is given by
$\mathcal{C}_o=\{milk, curry, rice\}$,\\
$\mathcal{R}_o=\{TastesHot, IsWhite, ContainsSpice, ContainsSugar\}$,
$\mathcal{F}_o=\{\}$.
\item The language of enquiry $\mathcal{L}$ is given by
$\mathcal{C}_o=\{$milk, curry, rice$\}$,
$\mathcal{R}_o=\{$TastesHot, IsWhite, ContainsSpice, ContainsSugar$\}$,
$\mathcal{F}_o=\{\}$.
\end{itemize}

(by the way, that's hardly a minimal example.)

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I guess you want something like

\author{Professor X\inst{1} \and Professor Y\inst{2} }

\institute{  My Institute\inst{1,}\inst{2} \\
\email{profX@outlook.com, profY@gmail.com}}

However, the superscripts are usually used when the authors have different affiliation.

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