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I am writing in IEEEtran two-column environment and has a display formula like this sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}(0.111222times1.111163+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}=sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222. Before the first equal sign is a long square root. This square root is just a little bit wider than the column. Is there a way I can squeeze the square root within the column as a first line and put the rest beginning with the "=" as a second line?



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    Can't you write 0.111222 times (1.111163+0.066987^2) ?

    – Ulrike Fischer
    Dec 30 '18 at 19:42











  • I did not notice that, but those are meant to be random numbers, not necessarily the same.

    – nanjun
    Dec 30 '18 at 21:24











  • @nanjun A general solution doesn't exist, it would be better to have a “real world” example.

    – egreg
    Dec 30 '18 at 21:48
















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I am writing in IEEEtran two-column environment and has a display formula like this sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}(0.111222times1.111163+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}=sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222. Before the first equal sign is a long square root. This square root is just a little bit wider than the column. Is there a way I can squeeze the square root within the column as a first line and put the rest beginning with the "=" as a second line?



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    Can't you write 0.111222 times (1.111163+0.066987^2) ?

    – Ulrike Fischer
    Dec 30 '18 at 19:42











  • I did not notice that, but those are meant to be random numbers, not necessarily the same.

    – nanjun
    Dec 30 '18 at 21:24











  • @nanjun A general solution doesn't exist, it would be better to have a “real world” example.

    – egreg
    Dec 30 '18 at 21:48














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I am writing in IEEEtran two-column environment and has a display formula like this sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}(0.111222times1.111163+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}=sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222. Before the first equal sign is a long square root. This square root is just a little bit wider than the column. Is there a way I can squeeze the square root within the column as a first line and put the rest beginning with the "=" as a second line?



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I am writing in IEEEtran two-column environment and has a display formula like this sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}(0.111222times1.111163+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}=sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222. Before the first equal sign is a long square root. This square root is just a little bit wider than the column. Is there a way I can squeeze the square root within the column as a first line and put the rest beginning with the "=" as a second line?



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    Can't you write 0.111222 times (1.111163+0.066987^2) ?

    – Ulrike Fischer
    Dec 30 '18 at 19:42











  • I did not notice that, but those are meant to be random numbers, not necessarily the same.

    – nanjun
    Dec 30 '18 at 21:24











  • @nanjun A general solution doesn't exist, it would be better to have a “real world” example.

    – egreg
    Dec 30 '18 at 21:48














  • 3





    Can't you write 0.111222 times (1.111163+0.066987^2) ?

    – Ulrike Fischer
    Dec 30 '18 at 19:42











  • I did not notice that, but those are meant to be random numbers, not necessarily the same.

    – nanjun
    Dec 30 '18 at 21:24











  • @nanjun A general solution doesn't exist, it would be better to have a “real world” example.

    – egreg
    Dec 30 '18 at 21:48








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Can't you write 0.111222 times (1.111163+0.066987^2) ?

– Ulrike Fischer
Dec 30 '18 at 19:42





Can't you write 0.111222 times (1.111163+0.066987^2) ?

– Ulrike Fischer
Dec 30 '18 at 19:42













I did not notice that, but those are meant to be random numbers, not necessarily the same.

– nanjun
Dec 30 '18 at 21:24





I did not notice that, but those are meant to be random numbers, not necessarily the same.

– nanjun
Dec 30 '18 at 21:24













@nanjun A general solution doesn't exist, it would be better to have a “real world” example.

– egreg
Dec 30 '18 at 21:48





@nanjun A general solution doesn't exist, it would be better to have a “real world” example.

– egreg
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The answer is yes. Here's an illustration (followed by an explanation).



documentclass{IEEEtran}

usepackage{amsmath}

newcommand*squeezespaces[1]{% %% <- #1 is a number between 0 and 1
thickmuskip=scalemuskip{thickmuskip}{#1}%
medmuskip=scalemuskip{medmuskip}{#1}%
thinmuskip=scalemuskip{thinmuskip}{#1}%
nulldelimiterspace=#1nulldelimiterspace
scriptspace=#1scriptspace
}
newcommand*scalemuskip[2]{%
muexpr #1*numexprdimexpr#2ptrelaxrelax/65536relax
} %% <- based on https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/198966/156366

begin{document}

This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
[ %% vv Unaltered vv
sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}
(0.111222times1.111163+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}
= sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222
]
This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
[ %% vv Squeezed and split vv
begin{split} %% <- split up equation, &'s will be aligned
kern 4em & kern-4em %% <- move anchor right by 4em
mbox{$squeezespaces{0.5} %% <- reduce whitespace, switch to textstyle
sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}
(0.111222times1.111163+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}
$}
\&
= sqrt{0.111222}
\& %% <- leave this out if you want
= 0.111222
end{split}
]
This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation

end{document}


output



I've done the following:




  1. I've used the split environment from amsmath to split up the equation in three lines. You can reduce this to two lines by removing the second \&.


  2. To place the anchor (&) at the right spot, I've inserted a horizontal space in front of it and a negative horizontal space of equal magnitude after it with kern 4em & kern-4em.



  3. The amount of whitespace inserted at several places in an equation is governed by the following paramters: thickmuskip (; and space around e.g. =), medmuskip (: and space around e.g. +), thinmuskip (, and space around e.g. sum and sin), nulldelimiterspace (space around e.g. fractions) and scriptspace (space after sub-/superscripts). I've halved each of these lengths using squeezespaces{0.5} (which is defined in the preamble).



    Doing this affects an entire equation and it can't be done inside split, so I've put the square root inside an mbox{$<…>$} and used squeezespaces{0.5} in the inner math environment. You can replace 0.5 by another number between 0 and 1 if you want.




  4. A side-effect of putting the sqrt in a box is that it is set in textstyle, which also saves space because it makes e.g. fractions smaller. You could also have accomplished this by using tfrac instead of frac or by inserting textstyle right before sqrt (or at the beginning of its first argument).



    If you don't want text style fractions you should use mbox{$displaystyle<…>$}.








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  • This looks great. I like how it could be fine-tuned. I have accepted it. Just a couple of questions. 1. Why the anchor has to be moved before the 1st line while it affects the alignment of the 2nd and 3rd lines? And why an equal amount of negative space is also necessary after the anchor? 2. What does the pair [ and ] do? It seems the code does not work properly without them.

    – nanjun
    Dec 30 '18 at 22:24








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    1. The & in each line will be aligned, so if you placed the & directly in front of the mbox the leftmost point of the = would line up with the leftmost point of the √. You can think of it like this: I'm first moving the cursor right by 4em, then inserting a & and then moving the cursor left by 4em, so it'll end up back where it started. The net effect is that the & is placed 4em to the right of the start of the √. Inserting kern4em after the & on both the second and third line would have the same effect.

    – Circumscribe
    Dec 30 '18 at 22:35













  • 2. [ is equivalent to begin{equation*} and ] is equivalent to end{equation*}.

    – Circumscribe
    Dec 30 '18 at 22:36













  • Just noticed that you changed in the preamble from thickmuskip=#1thickmuskip to thickmuskip=scalemuskip{thickmuskip}{#1}, and defined a new command scalemuskip. Can I know what is the additional benefit of this?

    – nanjun
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    @nanjun: These skips have a base value and some maximum amount by which they can be stretched and shrunk if necessary (to improve the layout of a paragraph or equation). The old version of squeezespaces effectively removed this stretch/shrink, but the updated one scales it along with the base value. In this case it made no difference because the spaces in a sqrt can't be shrunk (nor can spaces within split or any of the other amsmath environments), but I felt I should do it right.

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For the math expression you provided -- I have no idea how representative it is of the real material in your document -- it suffices to rearrange the position of the denominator in order to make the material before the = symbol fit in a column; then, use an align* environment to split the full expression across two lines.



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documentclass{IEEEtran}
usepackage{amsmath} % for 'align*' env.

begin{document}
hrule % just to illustrate width of column
begin{align*}
&sqrt{frac{1^{2}(0.111222times1.111163
+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)}{0.111222}-1}\
&quad=sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222 % place remaining material on 2nd line
end{align*}
end{document}





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    documentclass{IEEEtran}
    usepackage{amsmath}
    begin{document}

    hrule

    begin{align*}
    &begin{aligned}[t]
    Bigl[frac{1^2}{0.111222}(0.111222&times1.111163 \
    &+ 0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1Bigr]^{frac12}
    end{aligned}\
    &= sqrt{0.111222} \
    &= 0.111222
    end{align*}

    hrule

    end{document}


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    Another option is to use 4 decimal-digits numbers (this is quite a standard in some software like MATLAB) unless these extra digits are very important.



    begin{align*}
    &sqrt{frac{1^2}{0.1112}(0.1112times1.1112 + 0.0670^2times0.1112)-1} \
    &quad = sqrt{0.1112} \
    &quad = 0.1112
    end{align*}


    enter image description here



    A third option would be to give variable names like x,y,z to these values:



    begin{align*}
    &sqrt{frac{1^2}{x}(xtimes y + z^2times x)-1} \
    &quad = sqrt{0.115650} \
    &quad = 0.340074
    end{align*}
    %
    with $x=0.111222$, $y=1.111163$, and $z=0.066987$.


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      Thanks. Would prefer to still keep the "square root sign" instead of writing to the power of 1/2.

      – nanjun
      Dec 30 '18 at 21:46






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      Then, Mico's answer is the way to go, IMO.

      – AboAmmar
      Dec 30 '18 at 21:48



















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    Try using split or multiline in the amsmath package. There are a couple of examples on page 2 of "Short Math Guide".



    Try:



    documentclass{IEEEtran}
    usepackage{amsmath}

    begin{document}

    begin{equation}
    begin{split}
    sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}(0.111222times1.111163}&\
    overline{rule{0pt}{5mm}{}+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}&\
    =sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222&
    end{split}
    end{equation}

    begin{multline}
    sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}(0.111222times1.111163}\
    overline{rule{0pt}{5mm}{}+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}\
    =sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222
    end{multline}

    end{document}


    and adjust the 5mm in rule to get the overline spacing to look right.



    Some other options to adjust the overline spacing






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      Sorry, I don't have enough rep to comment on the post. I'm working on a more complete answer at the moment.

      – xerxes25
      Dec 30 '18 at 20:27











    • It would be better if your code employed the IEEEtran document class, which is employed by the OP, in order to demonstrate that your solution meets the OP's objective of fitting everything inside the width of a column.

      – Mico
      Dec 30 '18 at 20:58











    • @Mico thanks, fixed it. I was using 'multicol' in my test doc but removed it for simplicity when I posted the answer. Your suggestion makes more sense. Still new to this and learning something new every day!

      – xerxes25
      Dec 30 '18 at 21:04











    • @Circumscribe, fixed! Good to know about case sensitivity across platforms.

      – xerxes25
      Dec 30 '18 at 21:27



















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    Another solution: you can make it fit a single line with the splitfrac command from mathtools combined with mfrac (medium-sized fractions) from nccmath:



    documentclass{IEEEtran}
    usepackage{mathtools, nccmath}

    usepackage{lipsum}

    begin{document}

    lipsum[11]
    begin{equation*}
    sqrt{mfrac{splitfrac{1^{2}(0.111222times1.111163}
    {+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)}}{0.111222}-1}=sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222 % place remaining material on 2nd line
    end{equation*}

    end{document}


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      The answer is yes. Here's an illustration (followed by an explanation).



      documentclass{IEEEtran}

      usepackage{amsmath}

      newcommand*squeezespaces[1]{% %% <- #1 is a number between 0 and 1
      thickmuskip=scalemuskip{thickmuskip}{#1}%
      medmuskip=scalemuskip{medmuskip}{#1}%
      thinmuskip=scalemuskip{thinmuskip}{#1}%
      nulldelimiterspace=#1nulldelimiterspace
      scriptspace=#1scriptspace
      }
      newcommand*scalemuskip[2]{%
      muexpr #1*numexprdimexpr#2ptrelaxrelax/65536relax
      } %% <- based on https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/198966/156366

      begin{document}

      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      [ %% vv Unaltered vv
      sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}
      (0.111222times1.111163+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}
      = sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222
      ]
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      [ %% vv Squeezed and split vv
      begin{split} %% <- split up equation, &'s will be aligned
      kern 4em & kern-4em %% <- move anchor right by 4em
      mbox{$squeezespaces{0.5} %% <- reduce whitespace, switch to textstyle
      sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}
      (0.111222times1.111163+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}
      $}
      \&
      = sqrt{0.111222}
      \& %% <- leave this out if you want
      = 0.111222
      end{split}
      ]
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation

      end{document}


      output



      I've done the following:




      1. I've used the split environment from amsmath to split up the equation in three lines. You can reduce this to two lines by removing the second \&.


      2. To place the anchor (&) at the right spot, I've inserted a horizontal space in front of it and a negative horizontal space of equal magnitude after it with kern 4em & kern-4em.



      3. The amount of whitespace inserted at several places in an equation is governed by the following paramters: thickmuskip (; and space around e.g. =), medmuskip (: and space around e.g. +), thinmuskip (, and space around e.g. sum and sin), nulldelimiterspace (space around e.g. fractions) and scriptspace (space after sub-/superscripts). I've halved each of these lengths using squeezespaces{0.5} (which is defined in the preamble).



        Doing this affects an entire equation and it can't be done inside split, so I've put the square root inside an mbox{$<…>$} and used squeezespaces{0.5} in the inner math environment. You can replace 0.5 by another number between 0 and 1 if you want.




      4. A side-effect of putting the sqrt in a box is that it is set in textstyle, which also saves space because it makes e.g. fractions smaller. You could also have accomplished this by using tfrac instead of frac or by inserting textstyle right before sqrt (or at the beginning of its first argument).



        If you don't want text style fractions you should use mbox{$displaystyle<…>$}.








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      • This looks great. I like how it could be fine-tuned. I have accepted it. Just a couple of questions. 1. Why the anchor has to be moved before the 1st line while it affects the alignment of the 2nd and 3rd lines? And why an equal amount of negative space is also necessary after the anchor? 2. What does the pair [ and ] do? It seems the code does not work properly without them.

        – nanjun
        Dec 30 '18 at 22:24








      • 1





        1. The & in each line will be aligned, so if you placed the & directly in front of the mbox the leftmost point of the = would line up with the leftmost point of the √. You can think of it like this: I'm first moving the cursor right by 4em, then inserting a & and then moving the cursor left by 4em, so it'll end up back where it started. The net effect is that the & is placed 4em to the right of the start of the √. Inserting kern4em after the & on both the second and third line would have the same effect.

        – Circumscribe
        Dec 30 '18 at 22:35













      • 2. [ is equivalent to begin{equation*} and ] is equivalent to end{equation*}.

        – Circumscribe
        Dec 30 '18 at 22:36













      • Just noticed that you changed in the preamble from thickmuskip=#1thickmuskip to thickmuskip=scalemuskip{thickmuskip}{#1}, and defined a new command scalemuskip. Can I know what is the additional benefit of this?

        – nanjun
        Jan 3 at 17:57








      • 1





        @nanjun: These skips have a base value and some maximum amount by which they can be stretched and shrunk if necessary (to improve the layout of a paragraph or equation). The old version of squeezespaces effectively removed this stretch/shrink, but the updated one scales it along with the base value. In this case it made no difference because the spaces in a sqrt can't be shrunk (nor can spaces within split or any of the other amsmath environments), but I felt I should do it right.

        – Circumscribe
        Jan 3 at 18:26
















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      The answer is yes. Here's an illustration (followed by an explanation).



      documentclass{IEEEtran}

      usepackage{amsmath}

      newcommand*squeezespaces[1]{% %% <- #1 is a number between 0 and 1
      thickmuskip=scalemuskip{thickmuskip}{#1}%
      medmuskip=scalemuskip{medmuskip}{#1}%
      thinmuskip=scalemuskip{thinmuskip}{#1}%
      nulldelimiterspace=#1nulldelimiterspace
      scriptspace=#1scriptspace
      }
      newcommand*scalemuskip[2]{%
      muexpr #1*numexprdimexpr#2ptrelaxrelax/65536relax
      } %% <- based on https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/198966/156366

      begin{document}

      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      [ %% vv Unaltered vv
      sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}
      (0.111222times1.111163+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}
      = sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222
      ]
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      [ %% vv Squeezed and split vv
      begin{split} %% <- split up equation, &'s will be aligned
      kern 4em & kern-4em %% <- move anchor right by 4em
      mbox{$squeezespaces{0.5} %% <- reduce whitespace, switch to textstyle
      sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}
      (0.111222times1.111163+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}
      $}
      \&
      = sqrt{0.111222}
      \& %% <- leave this out if you want
      = 0.111222
      end{split}
      ]
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation

      end{document}


      output



      I've done the following:




      1. I've used the split environment from amsmath to split up the equation in three lines. You can reduce this to two lines by removing the second \&.


      2. To place the anchor (&) at the right spot, I've inserted a horizontal space in front of it and a negative horizontal space of equal magnitude after it with kern 4em & kern-4em.



      3. The amount of whitespace inserted at several places in an equation is governed by the following paramters: thickmuskip (; and space around e.g. =), medmuskip (: and space around e.g. +), thinmuskip (, and space around e.g. sum and sin), nulldelimiterspace (space around e.g. fractions) and scriptspace (space after sub-/superscripts). I've halved each of these lengths using squeezespaces{0.5} (which is defined in the preamble).



        Doing this affects an entire equation and it can't be done inside split, so I've put the square root inside an mbox{$<…>$} and used squeezespaces{0.5} in the inner math environment. You can replace 0.5 by another number between 0 and 1 if you want.




      4. A side-effect of putting the sqrt in a box is that it is set in textstyle, which also saves space because it makes e.g. fractions smaller. You could also have accomplished this by using tfrac instead of frac or by inserting textstyle right before sqrt (or at the beginning of its first argument).



        If you don't want text style fractions you should use mbox{$displaystyle<…>$}.








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      • This looks great. I like how it could be fine-tuned. I have accepted it. Just a couple of questions. 1. Why the anchor has to be moved before the 1st line while it affects the alignment of the 2nd and 3rd lines? And why an equal amount of negative space is also necessary after the anchor? 2. What does the pair [ and ] do? It seems the code does not work properly without them.

        – nanjun
        Dec 30 '18 at 22:24








      • 1





        1. The & in each line will be aligned, so if you placed the & directly in front of the mbox the leftmost point of the = would line up with the leftmost point of the √. You can think of it like this: I'm first moving the cursor right by 4em, then inserting a & and then moving the cursor left by 4em, so it'll end up back where it started. The net effect is that the & is placed 4em to the right of the start of the √. Inserting kern4em after the & on both the second and third line would have the same effect.

        – Circumscribe
        Dec 30 '18 at 22:35













      • 2. [ is equivalent to begin{equation*} and ] is equivalent to end{equation*}.

        – Circumscribe
        Dec 30 '18 at 22:36













      • Just noticed that you changed in the preamble from thickmuskip=#1thickmuskip to thickmuskip=scalemuskip{thickmuskip}{#1}, and defined a new command scalemuskip. Can I know what is the additional benefit of this?

        – nanjun
        Jan 3 at 17:57








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        @nanjun: These skips have a base value and some maximum amount by which they can be stretched and shrunk if necessary (to improve the layout of a paragraph or equation). The old version of squeezespaces effectively removed this stretch/shrink, but the updated one scales it along with the base value. In this case it made no difference because the spaces in a sqrt can't be shrunk (nor can spaces within split or any of the other amsmath environments), but I felt I should do it right.

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      The answer is yes. Here's an illustration (followed by an explanation).



      documentclass{IEEEtran}

      usepackage{amsmath}

      newcommand*squeezespaces[1]{% %% <- #1 is a number between 0 and 1
      thickmuskip=scalemuskip{thickmuskip}{#1}%
      medmuskip=scalemuskip{medmuskip}{#1}%
      thinmuskip=scalemuskip{thinmuskip}{#1}%
      nulldelimiterspace=#1nulldelimiterspace
      scriptspace=#1scriptspace
      }
      newcommand*scalemuskip[2]{%
      muexpr #1*numexprdimexpr#2ptrelaxrelax/65536relax
      } %% <- based on https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/198966/156366

      begin{document}

      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      [ %% vv Unaltered vv
      sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}
      (0.111222times1.111163+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}
      = sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222
      ]
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      [ %% vv Squeezed and split vv
      begin{split} %% <- split up equation, &'s will be aligned
      kern 4em & kern-4em %% <- move anchor right by 4em
      mbox{$squeezespaces{0.5} %% <- reduce whitespace, switch to textstyle
      sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}
      (0.111222times1.111163+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}
      $}
      \&
      = sqrt{0.111222}
      \& %% <- leave this out if you want
      = 0.111222
      end{split}
      ]
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation

      end{document}


      output



      I've done the following:




      1. I've used the split environment from amsmath to split up the equation in three lines. You can reduce this to two lines by removing the second \&.


      2. To place the anchor (&) at the right spot, I've inserted a horizontal space in front of it and a negative horizontal space of equal magnitude after it with kern 4em & kern-4em.



      3. The amount of whitespace inserted at several places in an equation is governed by the following paramters: thickmuskip (; and space around e.g. =), medmuskip (: and space around e.g. +), thinmuskip (, and space around e.g. sum and sin), nulldelimiterspace (space around e.g. fractions) and scriptspace (space after sub-/superscripts). I've halved each of these lengths using squeezespaces{0.5} (which is defined in the preamble).



        Doing this affects an entire equation and it can't be done inside split, so I've put the square root inside an mbox{$<…>$} and used squeezespaces{0.5} in the inner math environment. You can replace 0.5 by another number between 0 and 1 if you want.




      4. A side-effect of putting the sqrt in a box is that it is set in textstyle, which also saves space because it makes e.g. fractions smaller. You could also have accomplished this by using tfrac instead of frac or by inserting textstyle right before sqrt (or at the beginning of its first argument).



        If you don't want text style fractions you should use mbox{$displaystyle<…>$}.








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      The answer is yes. Here's an illustration (followed by an explanation).



      documentclass{IEEEtran}

      usepackage{amsmath}

      newcommand*squeezespaces[1]{% %% <- #1 is a number between 0 and 1
      thickmuskip=scalemuskip{thickmuskip}{#1}%
      medmuskip=scalemuskip{medmuskip}{#1}%
      thinmuskip=scalemuskip{thinmuskip}{#1}%
      nulldelimiterspace=#1nulldelimiterspace
      scriptspace=#1scriptspace
      }
      newcommand*scalemuskip[2]{%
      muexpr #1*numexprdimexpr#2ptrelaxrelax/65536relax
      } %% <- based on https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/198966/156366

      begin{document}

      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      [ %% vv Unaltered vv
      sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}
      (0.111222times1.111163+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}
      = sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222
      ]
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      [ %% vv Squeezed and split vv
      begin{split} %% <- split up equation, &'s will be aligned
      kern 4em & kern-4em %% <- move anchor right by 4em
      mbox{$squeezespaces{0.5} %% <- reduce whitespace, switch to textstyle
      sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}
      (0.111222times1.111163+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}
      $}
      \&
      = sqrt{0.111222}
      \& %% <- leave this out if you want
      = 0.111222
      end{split}
      ]
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation
      This is a long equation This is a long equation This is a long equation

      end{document}


      output



      I've done the following:




      1. I've used the split environment from amsmath to split up the equation in three lines. You can reduce this to two lines by removing the second \&.


      2. To place the anchor (&) at the right spot, I've inserted a horizontal space in front of it and a negative horizontal space of equal magnitude after it with kern 4em & kern-4em.



      3. The amount of whitespace inserted at several places in an equation is governed by the following paramters: thickmuskip (; and space around e.g. =), medmuskip (: and space around e.g. +), thinmuskip (, and space around e.g. sum and sin), nulldelimiterspace (space around e.g. fractions) and scriptspace (space after sub-/superscripts). I've halved each of these lengths using squeezespaces{0.5} (which is defined in the preamble).



        Doing this affects an entire equation and it can't be done inside split, so I've put the square root inside an mbox{$<…>$} and used squeezespaces{0.5} in the inner math environment. You can replace 0.5 by another number between 0 and 1 if you want.




      4. A side-effect of putting the sqrt in a box is that it is set in textstyle, which also saves space because it makes e.g. fractions smaller. You could also have accomplished this by using tfrac instead of frac or by inserting textstyle right before sqrt (or at the beginning of its first argument).



        If you don't want text style fractions you should use mbox{$displaystyle<…>$}.









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      edited Dec 30 '18 at 22:51

























      answered Dec 30 '18 at 21:10









      CircumscribeCircumscribe

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      • This looks great. I like how it could be fine-tuned. I have accepted it. Just a couple of questions. 1. Why the anchor has to be moved before the 1st line while it affects the alignment of the 2nd and 3rd lines? And why an equal amount of negative space is also necessary after the anchor? 2. What does the pair [ and ] do? It seems the code does not work properly without them.

        – nanjun
        Dec 30 '18 at 22:24








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        1. The & in each line will be aligned, so if you placed the & directly in front of the mbox the leftmost point of the = would line up with the leftmost point of the √. You can think of it like this: I'm first moving the cursor right by 4em, then inserting a & and then moving the cursor left by 4em, so it'll end up back where it started. The net effect is that the & is placed 4em to the right of the start of the √. Inserting kern4em after the & on both the second and third line would have the same effect.

        – Circumscribe
        Dec 30 '18 at 22:35













      • 2. [ is equivalent to begin{equation*} and ] is equivalent to end{equation*}.

        – Circumscribe
        Dec 30 '18 at 22:36













      • Just noticed that you changed in the preamble from thickmuskip=#1thickmuskip to thickmuskip=scalemuskip{thickmuskip}{#1}, and defined a new command scalemuskip. Can I know what is the additional benefit of this?

        – nanjun
        Jan 3 at 17:57








      • 1





        @nanjun: These skips have a base value and some maximum amount by which they can be stretched and shrunk if necessary (to improve the layout of a paragraph or equation). The old version of squeezespaces effectively removed this stretch/shrink, but the updated one scales it along with the base value. In this case it made no difference because the spaces in a sqrt can't be shrunk (nor can spaces within split or any of the other amsmath environments), but I felt I should do it right.

        – Circumscribe
        Jan 3 at 18:26



















      • This looks great. I like how it could be fine-tuned. I have accepted it. Just a couple of questions. 1. Why the anchor has to be moved before the 1st line while it affects the alignment of the 2nd and 3rd lines? And why an equal amount of negative space is also necessary after the anchor? 2. What does the pair [ and ] do? It seems the code does not work properly without them.

        – nanjun
        Dec 30 '18 at 22:24








      • 1





        1. The & in each line will be aligned, so if you placed the & directly in front of the mbox the leftmost point of the = would line up with the leftmost point of the √. You can think of it like this: I'm first moving the cursor right by 4em, then inserting a & and then moving the cursor left by 4em, so it'll end up back where it started. The net effect is that the & is placed 4em to the right of the start of the √. Inserting kern4em after the & on both the second and third line would have the same effect.

        – Circumscribe
        Dec 30 '18 at 22:35













      • 2. [ is equivalent to begin{equation*} and ] is equivalent to end{equation*}.

        – Circumscribe
        Dec 30 '18 at 22:36













      • Just noticed that you changed in the preamble from thickmuskip=#1thickmuskip to thickmuskip=scalemuskip{thickmuskip}{#1}, and defined a new command scalemuskip. Can I know what is the additional benefit of this?

        – nanjun
        Jan 3 at 17:57








      • 1





        @nanjun: These skips have a base value and some maximum amount by which they can be stretched and shrunk if necessary (to improve the layout of a paragraph or equation). The old version of squeezespaces effectively removed this stretch/shrink, but the updated one scales it along with the base value. In this case it made no difference because the spaces in a sqrt can't be shrunk (nor can spaces within split or any of the other amsmath environments), but I felt I should do it right.

        – Circumscribe
        Jan 3 at 18:26

















      This looks great. I like how it could be fine-tuned. I have accepted it. Just a couple of questions. 1. Why the anchor has to be moved before the 1st line while it affects the alignment of the 2nd and 3rd lines? And why an equal amount of negative space is also necessary after the anchor? 2. What does the pair [ and ] do? It seems the code does not work properly without them.

      – nanjun
      Dec 30 '18 at 22:24







      This looks great. I like how it could be fine-tuned. I have accepted it. Just a couple of questions. 1. Why the anchor has to be moved before the 1st line while it affects the alignment of the 2nd and 3rd lines? And why an equal amount of negative space is also necessary after the anchor? 2. What does the pair [ and ] do? It seems the code does not work properly without them.

      – nanjun
      Dec 30 '18 at 22:24






      1




      1





      1. The & in each line will be aligned, so if you placed the & directly in front of the mbox the leftmost point of the = would line up with the leftmost point of the √. You can think of it like this: I'm first moving the cursor right by 4em, then inserting a & and then moving the cursor left by 4em, so it'll end up back where it started. The net effect is that the & is placed 4em to the right of the start of the √. Inserting kern4em after the & on both the second and third line would have the same effect.

      – Circumscribe
      Dec 30 '18 at 22:35







      1. The & in each line will be aligned, so if you placed the & directly in front of the mbox the leftmost point of the = would line up with the leftmost point of the √. You can think of it like this: I'm first moving the cursor right by 4em, then inserting a & and then moving the cursor left by 4em, so it'll end up back where it started. The net effect is that the & is placed 4em to the right of the start of the √. Inserting kern4em after the & on both the second and third line would have the same effect.

      – Circumscribe
      Dec 30 '18 at 22:35















      2. [ is equivalent to begin{equation*} and ] is equivalent to end{equation*}.

      – Circumscribe
      Dec 30 '18 at 22:36







      2. [ is equivalent to begin{equation*} and ] is equivalent to end{equation*}.

      – Circumscribe
      Dec 30 '18 at 22:36















      Just noticed that you changed in the preamble from thickmuskip=#1thickmuskip to thickmuskip=scalemuskip{thickmuskip}{#1}, and defined a new command scalemuskip. Can I know what is the additional benefit of this?

      – nanjun
      Jan 3 at 17:57







      Just noticed that you changed in the preamble from thickmuskip=#1thickmuskip to thickmuskip=scalemuskip{thickmuskip}{#1}, and defined a new command scalemuskip. Can I know what is the additional benefit of this?

      – nanjun
      Jan 3 at 17:57






      1




      1





      @nanjun: These skips have a base value and some maximum amount by which they can be stretched and shrunk if necessary (to improve the layout of a paragraph or equation). The old version of squeezespaces effectively removed this stretch/shrink, but the updated one scales it along with the base value. In this case it made no difference because the spaces in a sqrt can't be shrunk (nor can spaces within split or any of the other amsmath environments), but I felt I should do it right.

      – Circumscribe
      Jan 3 at 18:26





      @nanjun: These skips have a base value and some maximum amount by which they can be stretched and shrunk if necessary (to improve the layout of a paragraph or equation). The old version of squeezespaces effectively removed this stretch/shrink, but the updated one scales it along with the base value. In this case it made no difference because the spaces in a sqrt can't be shrunk (nor can spaces within split or any of the other amsmath environments), but I felt I should do it right.

      – Circumscribe
      Jan 3 at 18:26











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      For the math expression you provided -- I have no idea how representative it is of the real material in your document -- it suffices to rearrange the position of the denominator in order to make the material before the = symbol fit in a column; then, use an align* environment to split the full expression across two lines.



      enter image description here



      documentclass{IEEEtran}
      usepackage{amsmath} % for 'align*' env.

      begin{document}
      hrule % just to illustrate width of column
      begin{align*}
      &sqrt{frac{1^{2}(0.111222times1.111163
      +0.066987^{2}times0.111222)}{0.111222}-1}\
      &quad=sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222 % place remaining material on 2nd line
      end{align*}
      end{document}





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        For the math expression you provided -- I have no idea how representative it is of the real material in your document -- it suffices to rearrange the position of the denominator in order to make the material before the = symbol fit in a column; then, use an align* environment to split the full expression across two lines.



        enter image description here



        documentclass{IEEEtran}
        usepackage{amsmath} % for 'align*' env.

        begin{document}
        hrule % just to illustrate width of column
        begin{align*}
        &sqrt{frac{1^{2}(0.111222times1.111163
        +0.066987^{2}times0.111222)}{0.111222}-1}\
        &quad=sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222 % place remaining material on 2nd line
        end{align*}
        end{document}





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          For the math expression you provided -- I have no idea how representative it is of the real material in your document -- it suffices to rearrange the position of the denominator in order to make the material before the = symbol fit in a column; then, use an align* environment to split the full expression across two lines.



          enter image description here



          documentclass{IEEEtran}
          usepackage{amsmath} % for 'align*' env.

          begin{document}
          hrule % just to illustrate width of column
          begin{align*}
          &sqrt{frac{1^{2}(0.111222times1.111163
          +0.066987^{2}times0.111222)}{0.111222}-1}\
          &quad=sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222 % place remaining material on 2nd line
          end{align*}
          end{document}





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          For the math expression you provided -- I have no idea how representative it is of the real material in your document -- it suffices to rearrange the position of the denominator in order to make the material before the = symbol fit in a column; then, use an align* environment to split the full expression across two lines.



          enter image description here



          documentclass{IEEEtran}
          usepackage{amsmath} % for 'align*' env.

          begin{document}
          hrule % just to illustrate width of column
          begin{align*}
          &sqrt{frac{1^{2}(0.111222times1.111163
          +0.066987^{2}times0.111222)}{0.111222}-1}\
          &quad=sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222 % place remaining material on 2nd line
          end{align*}
          end{document}






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          answered Dec 30 '18 at 20:55









          MicoMico

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              documentclass{IEEEtran}
              usepackage{amsmath}
              begin{document}

              hrule

              begin{align*}
              &begin{aligned}[t]
              Bigl[frac{1^2}{0.111222}(0.111222&times1.111163 \
              &+ 0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1Bigr]^{frac12}
              end{aligned}\
              &= sqrt{0.111222} \
              &= 0.111222
              end{align*}

              hrule

              end{document}


              enter image description here



              Another option is to use 4 decimal-digits numbers (this is quite a standard in some software like MATLAB) unless these extra digits are very important.



              begin{align*}
              &sqrt{frac{1^2}{0.1112}(0.1112times1.1112 + 0.0670^2times0.1112)-1} \
              &quad = sqrt{0.1112} \
              &quad = 0.1112
              end{align*}


              enter image description here



              A third option would be to give variable names like x,y,z to these values:



              begin{align*}
              &sqrt{frac{1^2}{x}(xtimes y + z^2times x)-1} \
              &quad = sqrt{0.115650} \
              &quad = 0.340074
              end{align*}
              %
              with $x=0.111222$, $y=1.111163$, and $z=0.066987$.


              enter image description here






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                Thanks. Would prefer to still keep the "square root sign" instead of writing to the power of 1/2.

                – nanjun
                Dec 30 '18 at 21:46






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                Then, Mico's answer is the way to go, IMO.

                – AboAmmar
                Dec 30 '18 at 21:48
















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              documentclass{IEEEtran}
              usepackage{amsmath}
              begin{document}

              hrule

              begin{align*}
              &begin{aligned}[t]
              Bigl[frac{1^2}{0.111222}(0.111222&times1.111163 \
              &+ 0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1Bigr]^{frac12}
              end{aligned}\
              &= sqrt{0.111222} \
              &= 0.111222
              end{align*}

              hrule

              end{document}


              enter image description here



              Another option is to use 4 decimal-digits numbers (this is quite a standard in some software like MATLAB) unless these extra digits are very important.



              begin{align*}
              &sqrt{frac{1^2}{0.1112}(0.1112times1.1112 + 0.0670^2times0.1112)-1} \
              &quad = sqrt{0.1112} \
              &quad = 0.1112
              end{align*}


              enter image description here



              A third option would be to give variable names like x,y,z to these values:



              begin{align*}
              &sqrt{frac{1^2}{x}(xtimes y + z^2times x)-1} \
              &quad = sqrt{0.115650} \
              &quad = 0.340074
              end{align*}
              %
              with $x=0.111222$, $y=1.111163$, and $z=0.066987$.


              enter image description here






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              • 1





                Thanks. Would prefer to still keep the "square root sign" instead of writing to the power of 1/2.

                – nanjun
                Dec 30 '18 at 21:46






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                Then, Mico's answer is the way to go, IMO.

                – AboAmmar
                Dec 30 '18 at 21:48














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              documentclass{IEEEtran}
              usepackage{amsmath}
              begin{document}

              hrule

              begin{align*}
              &begin{aligned}[t]
              Bigl[frac{1^2}{0.111222}(0.111222&times1.111163 \
              &+ 0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1Bigr]^{frac12}
              end{aligned}\
              &= sqrt{0.111222} \
              &= 0.111222
              end{align*}

              hrule

              end{document}


              enter image description here



              Another option is to use 4 decimal-digits numbers (this is quite a standard in some software like MATLAB) unless these extra digits are very important.



              begin{align*}
              &sqrt{frac{1^2}{0.1112}(0.1112times1.1112 + 0.0670^2times0.1112)-1} \
              &quad = sqrt{0.1112} \
              &quad = 0.1112
              end{align*}


              enter image description here



              A third option would be to give variable names like x,y,z to these values:



              begin{align*}
              &sqrt{frac{1^2}{x}(xtimes y + z^2times x)-1} \
              &quad = sqrt{0.115650} \
              &quad = 0.340074
              end{align*}
              %
              with $x=0.111222$, $y=1.111163$, and $z=0.066987$.


              enter image description here






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              documentclass{IEEEtran}
              usepackage{amsmath}
              begin{document}

              hrule

              begin{align*}
              &begin{aligned}[t]
              Bigl[frac{1^2}{0.111222}(0.111222&times1.111163 \
              &+ 0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1Bigr]^{frac12}
              end{aligned}\
              &= sqrt{0.111222} \
              &= 0.111222
              end{align*}

              hrule

              end{document}


              enter image description here



              Another option is to use 4 decimal-digits numbers (this is quite a standard in some software like MATLAB) unless these extra digits are very important.



              begin{align*}
              &sqrt{frac{1^2}{0.1112}(0.1112times1.1112 + 0.0670^2times0.1112)-1} \
              &quad = sqrt{0.1112} \
              &quad = 0.1112
              end{align*}


              enter image description here



              A third option would be to give variable names like x,y,z to these values:



              begin{align*}
              &sqrt{frac{1^2}{x}(xtimes y + z^2times x)-1} \
              &quad = sqrt{0.115650} \
              &quad = 0.340074
              end{align*}
              %
              with $x=0.111222$, $y=1.111163$, and $z=0.066987$.


              enter image description here







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              edited Dec 30 '18 at 22:19

























              answered Dec 30 '18 at 21:42









              AboAmmarAboAmmar

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              • 1





                Thanks. Would prefer to still keep the "square root sign" instead of writing to the power of 1/2.

                – nanjun
                Dec 30 '18 at 21:46






              • 1





                Then, Mico's answer is the way to go, IMO.

                – AboAmmar
                Dec 30 '18 at 21:48














              • 1





                Thanks. Would prefer to still keep the "square root sign" instead of writing to the power of 1/2.

                – nanjun
                Dec 30 '18 at 21:46






              • 1





                Then, Mico's answer is the way to go, IMO.

                – AboAmmar
                Dec 30 '18 at 21:48








              1




              1





              Thanks. Would prefer to still keep the "square root sign" instead of writing to the power of 1/2.

              – nanjun
              Dec 30 '18 at 21:46





              Thanks. Would prefer to still keep the "square root sign" instead of writing to the power of 1/2.

              – nanjun
              Dec 30 '18 at 21:46




              1




              1





              Then, Mico's answer is the way to go, IMO.

              – AboAmmar
              Dec 30 '18 at 21:48





              Then, Mico's answer is the way to go, IMO.

              – AboAmmar
              Dec 30 '18 at 21:48











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              Try using split or multiline in the amsmath package. There are a couple of examples on page 2 of "Short Math Guide".



              Try:



              documentclass{IEEEtran}
              usepackage{amsmath}

              begin{document}

              begin{equation}
              begin{split}
              sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}(0.111222times1.111163}&\
              overline{rule{0pt}{5mm}{}+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}&\
              =sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222&
              end{split}
              end{equation}

              begin{multline}
              sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}(0.111222times1.111163}\
              overline{rule{0pt}{5mm}{}+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}\
              =sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222
              end{multline}

              end{document}


              and adjust the 5mm in rule to get the overline spacing to look right.



              Some other options to adjust the overline spacing






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                Sorry, I don't have enough rep to comment on the post. I'm working on a more complete answer at the moment.

                – xerxes25
                Dec 30 '18 at 20:27











              • It would be better if your code employed the IEEEtran document class, which is employed by the OP, in order to demonstrate that your solution meets the OP's objective of fitting everything inside the width of a column.

                – Mico
                Dec 30 '18 at 20:58











              • @Mico thanks, fixed it. I was using 'multicol' in my test doc but removed it for simplicity when I posted the answer. Your suggestion makes more sense. Still new to this and learning something new every day!

                – xerxes25
                Dec 30 '18 at 21:04











              • @Circumscribe, fixed! Good to know about case sensitivity across platforms.

                – xerxes25
                Dec 30 '18 at 21:27
















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              Try using split or multiline in the amsmath package. There are a couple of examples on page 2 of "Short Math Guide".



              Try:



              documentclass{IEEEtran}
              usepackage{amsmath}

              begin{document}

              begin{equation}
              begin{split}
              sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}(0.111222times1.111163}&\
              overline{rule{0pt}{5mm}{}+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}&\
              =sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222&
              end{split}
              end{equation}

              begin{multline}
              sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}(0.111222times1.111163}\
              overline{rule{0pt}{5mm}{}+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}\
              =sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222
              end{multline}

              end{document}


              and adjust the 5mm in rule to get the overline spacing to look right.



              Some other options to adjust the overline spacing






              share|improve this answer





















              • 1





                Sorry, I don't have enough rep to comment on the post. I'm working on a more complete answer at the moment.

                – xerxes25
                Dec 30 '18 at 20:27











              • It would be better if your code employed the IEEEtran document class, which is employed by the OP, in order to demonstrate that your solution meets the OP's objective of fitting everything inside the width of a column.

                – Mico
                Dec 30 '18 at 20:58











              • @Mico thanks, fixed it. I was using 'multicol' in my test doc but removed it for simplicity when I posted the answer. Your suggestion makes more sense. Still new to this and learning something new every day!

                – xerxes25
                Dec 30 '18 at 21:04











              • @Circumscribe, fixed! Good to know about case sensitivity across platforms.

                – xerxes25
                Dec 30 '18 at 21:27














              2












              2








              2







              Try using split or multiline in the amsmath package. There are a couple of examples on page 2 of "Short Math Guide".



              Try:



              documentclass{IEEEtran}
              usepackage{amsmath}

              begin{document}

              begin{equation}
              begin{split}
              sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}(0.111222times1.111163}&\
              overline{rule{0pt}{5mm}{}+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}&\
              =sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222&
              end{split}
              end{equation}

              begin{multline}
              sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}(0.111222times1.111163}\
              overline{rule{0pt}{5mm}{}+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}\
              =sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222
              end{multline}

              end{document}


              and adjust the 5mm in rule to get the overline spacing to look right.



              Some other options to adjust the overline spacing






              share|improve this answer















              Try using split or multiline in the amsmath package. There are a couple of examples on page 2 of "Short Math Guide".



              Try:



              documentclass{IEEEtran}
              usepackage{amsmath}

              begin{document}

              begin{equation}
              begin{split}
              sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}(0.111222times1.111163}&\
              overline{rule{0pt}{5mm}{}+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}&\
              =sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222&
              end{split}
              end{equation}

              begin{multline}
              sqrt{frac{1^{2}}{0.111222}(0.111222times1.111163}\
              overline{rule{0pt}{5mm}{}+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)-1}\
              =sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222
              end{multline}

              end{document}


              and adjust the 5mm in rule to get the overline spacing to look right.



              Some other options to adjust the overline spacing







              share|improve this answer














              share|improve this answer



              share|improve this answer








              edited Dec 30 '18 at 21:23

























              answered Dec 30 '18 at 20:18









              xerxes25xerxes25

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              • 1





                Sorry, I don't have enough rep to comment on the post. I'm working on a more complete answer at the moment.

                – xerxes25
                Dec 30 '18 at 20:27











              • It would be better if your code employed the IEEEtran document class, which is employed by the OP, in order to demonstrate that your solution meets the OP's objective of fitting everything inside the width of a column.

                – Mico
                Dec 30 '18 at 20:58











              • @Mico thanks, fixed it. I was using 'multicol' in my test doc but removed it for simplicity when I posted the answer. Your suggestion makes more sense. Still new to this and learning something new every day!

                – xerxes25
                Dec 30 '18 at 21:04











              • @Circumscribe, fixed! Good to know about case sensitivity across platforms.

                – xerxes25
                Dec 30 '18 at 21:27














              • 1





                Sorry, I don't have enough rep to comment on the post. I'm working on a more complete answer at the moment.

                – xerxes25
                Dec 30 '18 at 20:27











              • It would be better if your code employed the IEEEtran document class, which is employed by the OP, in order to demonstrate that your solution meets the OP's objective of fitting everything inside the width of a column.

                – Mico
                Dec 30 '18 at 20:58











              • @Mico thanks, fixed it. I was using 'multicol' in my test doc but removed it for simplicity when I posted the answer. Your suggestion makes more sense. Still new to this and learning something new every day!

                – xerxes25
                Dec 30 '18 at 21:04











              • @Circumscribe, fixed! Good to know about case sensitivity across platforms.

                – xerxes25
                Dec 30 '18 at 21:27








              1




              1





              Sorry, I don't have enough rep to comment on the post. I'm working on a more complete answer at the moment.

              – xerxes25
              Dec 30 '18 at 20:27





              Sorry, I don't have enough rep to comment on the post. I'm working on a more complete answer at the moment.

              – xerxes25
              Dec 30 '18 at 20:27













              It would be better if your code employed the IEEEtran document class, which is employed by the OP, in order to demonstrate that your solution meets the OP's objective of fitting everything inside the width of a column.

              – Mico
              Dec 30 '18 at 20:58





              It would be better if your code employed the IEEEtran document class, which is employed by the OP, in order to demonstrate that your solution meets the OP's objective of fitting everything inside the width of a column.

              – Mico
              Dec 30 '18 at 20:58













              @Mico thanks, fixed it. I was using 'multicol' in my test doc but removed it for simplicity when I posted the answer. Your suggestion makes more sense. Still new to this and learning something new every day!

              – xerxes25
              Dec 30 '18 at 21:04





              @Mico thanks, fixed it. I was using 'multicol' in my test doc but removed it for simplicity when I posted the answer. Your suggestion makes more sense. Still new to this and learning something new every day!

              – xerxes25
              Dec 30 '18 at 21:04













              @Circumscribe, fixed! Good to know about case sensitivity across platforms.

              – xerxes25
              Dec 30 '18 at 21:27





              @Circumscribe, fixed! Good to know about case sensitivity across platforms.

              – xerxes25
              Dec 30 '18 at 21:27











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              Another solution: you can make it fit a single line with the splitfrac command from mathtools combined with mfrac (medium-sized fractions) from nccmath:



              documentclass{IEEEtran}
              usepackage{mathtools, nccmath}

              usepackage{lipsum}

              begin{document}

              lipsum[11]
              begin{equation*}
              sqrt{mfrac{splitfrac{1^{2}(0.111222times1.111163}
              {+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)}}{0.111222}-1}=sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222 % place remaining material on 2nd line
              end{equation*}

              end{document}


              enter image description here






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                Another solution: you can make it fit a single line with the splitfrac command from mathtools combined with mfrac (medium-sized fractions) from nccmath:



                documentclass{IEEEtran}
                usepackage{mathtools, nccmath}

                usepackage{lipsum}

                begin{document}

                lipsum[11]
                begin{equation*}
                sqrt{mfrac{splitfrac{1^{2}(0.111222times1.111163}
                {+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)}}{0.111222}-1}=sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222 % place remaining material on 2nd line
                end{equation*}

                end{document}


                enter image description here






                share|improve this answer


























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                  1







                  Another solution: you can make it fit a single line with the splitfrac command from mathtools combined with mfrac (medium-sized fractions) from nccmath:



                  documentclass{IEEEtran}
                  usepackage{mathtools, nccmath}

                  usepackage{lipsum}

                  begin{document}

                  lipsum[11]
                  begin{equation*}
                  sqrt{mfrac{splitfrac{1^{2}(0.111222times1.111163}
                  {+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)}}{0.111222}-1}=sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222 % place remaining material on 2nd line
                  end{equation*}

                  end{document}


                  enter image description here






                  share|improve this answer













                  Another solution: you can make it fit a single line with the splitfrac command from mathtools combined with mfrac (medium-sized fractions) from nccmath:



                  documentclass{IEEEtran}
                  usepackage{mathtools, nccmath}

                  usepackage{lipsum}

                  begin{document}

                  lipsum[11]
                  begin{equation*}
                  sqrt{mfrac{splitfrac{1^{2}(0.111222times1.111163}
                  {+0.066987^{2}times0.111222)}}{0.111222}-1}=sqrt{0.111222}=0.111222 % place remaining material on 2nd line
                  end{equation*}

                  end{document}


                  enter image description here







                  share|improve this answer












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                  answered Dec 30 '18 at 22:38









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