amsmath
has an environment subequations
that will do what you want:
\begin{subequations}
\begin{eqnarray}
eq \\
eq \\
eq
\end{eqnarray}
\end{subequations}
some observations:
- you don't want blank lines withn the scope of display math; they will result in error messages.
- you don't want
\\
at the end of the last line, or you'll end up with too much space below the display.
- it would really be better to use one of the multi-line display structures provided by
amsmath
rather than eqnarray
(see this article for the reasons why).
to find out what structures are provided by amsmath
, if you have a tex live installation, type texdoc amsmath
at a command line prompt.
You should add the fleqn
option to your document class. Regardless, the following is the correct way of using eqnarray
:

\documentclass[fleqn]{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{eqnarray}
\Psi_{1}(x,\lambda) & = & U(x,\lambda)e_{1}\label{eqn07}
\end{eqnarray}
\end{document}
You'll notice that the equation is left-aligned, although not flush with the left margin. To achieve this, add \setlength{\mathindent}{0pt}
to the document preamble as well.
Note that you don't need eqnarray
for a single equation. For this, the equation
environment is sufficient. However, since the spacing of eqnarray
is inferior to the regular math spacing, it might be better for consistency.
Best Answer
Here's a sample document without the use of
amsmath
package:or one with
amsmath
'scases
environment