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%%  Ein Beispiel der DANTE-Edition
%%  Mathematiksatz mit LaTeX
%%  3. Auflage
%%  Beispiel 06-11-9 auf Seite 116.
%%  Copyright (C) 2018 Herbert Voss
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\documentclass[10pt]{screxa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{352.81416pt}
\AtBeginDocument{\setlength\parindent{0pt}}
\setcounter{equation}{59}
\renewcommand\theequation{6.\arabic{equation}}
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{amsmath}
\newcounter{mySubCounter}
\newcommand{\twocoleqn}[2]{%
  \setcounter{mySubCounter}{0}\let\OldTheEquation\theequation%
  \renewcommand\theequation{\OldTheEquation\alph{mySubCounter}}%
  \noindent\begin{minipage}{.49\textwidth}
    \begin{align}\refstepcounter{mySubCounter}#1\end{align}
  \end{minipage}\hfill\addtocounter{equation}{-1}%
  \begin{minipage}{.49\textwidth}
    \begin{align}\refstepcounter{mySubCounter}#2\end{align}
  \end{minipage}\let\theequation\OldTheEquation}
%StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\twocoleqn{y=f(x)}{y=f(z)}
\begin{align} z &= f(x,y) \end{align}
\end{document}

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