# [OS X TeX] Matrices in Equations Help

Joseph Slater joseph.slater at wright.edu
Mon Apr 1 21:07:18 EST 2002


a) take out the $and$. I don't know what they're for.

b) no blank lines allowed in the middle of equations

c) Here it is fixed.
$$\left[ \begin{array}{llcl} (\vec{e_1},\vec{e_1}) & (\vec{e_1},\vec{e_2}) & \cdots & (\vec{e_1},\vec{e_n})\\ (\vec{e_2},\vec{e_1}) & (\vec{e_2},\vec{e_2}) & \cdots & (\vec{e_2},\vec{e_n})\\ \multicolumn{4}{c}\dotfill\\ (\vec{e_n},\vec{e_1}) & (\vec{e_n},\vec{e_2}) & \cdots & (\vec{e_n},\vec{e_n}) \end{array} \right] \left[ \begin{array}{c} c_1\\ c_2\\ \vdots \\ c_n \end{array} \right] = \left[ \begin{array}{c} (\vec{f},\vec{e_1})\\ (\vec{f},\vec{e_2})\\ \vdots \\ (\vec{f},\vec{e_n}) \end{array} \right]$$
JS
On Monday, April 1, 2002, at 08:18 PM, Zachary Davis wrote:

> Monday, 1 April 2002
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I was hoping that one of you might be able to help me with a
> misunderstanding about typesetting matrix equations in LaTeX.  I have
> read through the table and matrices sections of Kopka & Daly's book
> (Chapters 4 & 5), but I seem to be missing something in which teTeX
> isn't happy with.  My source looks something like the following:
>
>
> $> \left[ > \begin{array}{llcl} > (\vec{e_1},\vec{e_1}) & (\vec{e_1},\vec{e_2}) & \cdots & > (\vec{e_1},\vec{e_n})\\ > (\vec{e_2},\vec{e_1}) & (\vec{e_2},\vec{e_2}) & \cdots & > (\vec{e_2},\vec{e_n})\\ > \multicolumn{4}{c}\dotfill\\ > (\vec{e_n},\vec{e_1}) & (\vec{e_n},\vec{e_2}) & \cdots & > (\vec{e_n},\vec{e_n}) > \end{array} \right] > > \left[ > \begin{array}{c} > c_1\\ > c_2\\ > \vdots \\ > c_n > \end{array} \right] > > = > > > \left[ > \begin{array}{c} > (\vec{f},\vec{e_1})\\ > (\vec{f},\vec{e_2})\\ > \vdots \\ > (\vec{f},\vec{e_n}) > \end{array} \right] >$
>
>
> I was hoping this would typeset two matrices being multiplied by each
> other and which were equal to a third array, and of course have an
> equation number next to it.  Any help about where I went wrong would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
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