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%% Der LaTeX-Begleiter, zweite Auflage (September 2005)
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%% Beispiel 8-2-29 von Seite 496.
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%% Copyright (C) 2005 Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens,
%%    Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, and Chris Rowley
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%% Uebersetzung: Copyright (C) 2005 Claudia Krysztofiak,
%%    Rebecca Stiels und Frank Mittelbach
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\documentclass{lb2examargin}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{197.4372pt}

\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage[leqno]{amsmath}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\begin{gather}   \raisetag{-10pt}
  \text{Vorzeichenfunktion: \ }
     \mathcal{S}(x) =  \begin{cases}
                         -1   &  x < 0 \\
                          0   &  x = 0 \\
                          1   &  x > 0
                       \end{cases}
\end{gather}
\end{document}