# Why does this Tex refuse to compile? [closed]

The following won't compile under pdfLaTeX, I'm thinking due to some sort of infinite loop error:

Comparing these spectral radiuses, we can say that the Gauss-Seidel method will converge
approximately $\log_{0.6978}0.3647 = 2.803$ times faster than the Jacobi method, and
that the Successive Over-Relaxation method will converge about $\log_{0.6978}0.2642 = 3.699$ times as fast as the Jacobi method, and about $\log_{0.3647}0.2642 = 1.3196$
times faster than the Gauss-Seidel method.

This seems a little bit bizarre, why won't it compile? I get the following error:

Package tocbibind Note: Using section or other style headings.

) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\tocloft\tocloft.sty")
(C:\Users\Pete\Desktop\untitled-1.aux)
*geometry* driver: auto-detecting
*geometry* detected driver: pdftex
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\context\base\supp-pdf.mkii"
[Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02).]
) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\amsfonts\umsa.fd")
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\amsfonts\umsb.fd") [1{C:/ProgramData/Mi
KTeX/2.9/pdftex/config/pdftex.map}] [2])
*

Except it's not really an error, it just freezes there.

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## closed as too localized by Martin Schröder, lockstep, zeroth, Paul Gaborit, Claudio FiandrinoOct 29 '12 at 10:47

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Welcome to TeX.sx! Please add a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem. It is considered a lot better to put in some code that will show the error, as it makes it a lot easier for us to copy it into our text editor and work with it, and see exactly what it is you are trying to do. – egreg Oct 28 '12 at 23:56
@Peter: As egreg requested it is better if you make a complete compilable example including the \documentclass and the appropriate packages that reproduces the problem. – Peter Grill Oct 29 '12 at 0:08
Check to see if you forgot \end{document}. – Gonzalo Medina Oct 29 '12 at 0:11
Please provide your preamble and some dummy text. Try deleting all aux files and created files and recompile. – azetina Oct 29 '12 at 0:13
I agree with egreg; something is hiding the \end{document}; I proper MWE would be ideal here. – Gonzalo Medina Oct 29 '12 at 0:36
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