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8 Environments
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LaTeX provides many environments for delimiting certain behavior.  An
environment begins with '\begin' and ends with '\end', like this:

     \begin{ENVIRONMENT-NAME}
       ...
     \end{ENVIRONMENT-NAME}

   The ENVIRONMENT-NAME at the beginning must exactly match that at the
end.  For instance, the input '\begin{table*}...\end{table}' will cause
an error like: '! LaTeX Error: \begin{table*} on input line 5 ended by
\end{table}.'

   Environments are executed within a group.

abstract

Produce an abstract.

array

Math arrays.

center

Centered lines.

description

Labelled lists.

displaymath

Formulas that appear on their own line.

document

Enclose the whole document.

enumerate

Numbered lists.

eqnarray

Sequences of aligned equations.

equation

Displayed equation.

figure

Floating figures.

filecontents

Writing multiple files from the source.

flushleft

Flushed left lines.

flushright

Flushed right lines.

itemize

Bulleted lists.

letter

Letters.

list

Generic list environment.

math

In-line math.

minipage

Miniature page.

picture

Picture with text, arrows, lines and circles.

quotation & quote

Include a quotation.

tabbing

Align text arbitrarily.

table

Floating tables.

tabular

Align text in columns.

thebibliography

Bibliography or reference list.

theorem

Theorems, lemmas, etc.

titlepage

For hand crafted title pages.

verbatim

Simulating typed input.

verse

For poetry and other things.