\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath,amsfonts} \usepackage{color} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} \aligned y(t) &= H(t-t_0) u(t_0) + H(t-t_1) \bigl( u(t_1) - u(t_0) \bigr) + \cdots \\ &= \bigl( H(t-t_0) - H(t-t_1) \bigr) u(t_0) + \bigl( H(t-t_1) - H(t-t_2) \bigr) u(t_1) + \cdots \\ &= \sum_{n=0}^{\boldmath{t_n < t}} \bigl(H(t-t_n) - H(t-t_{n+1}) \bigr) u(t_n) \\ &= \sum_{n=0}^{\boldmath{t_n < t}} \frac{H(t-t_n) - H(t-t_{n+1})}{t_{n+1}-t_{n}} u(t_n) \bigl( t_{n+1}-t_{n} \bigr). \endaligned \end{equation*} \end{document}