MatricesVmatrix

VmatrixEnvironment

Used for double-vertical-bar matrices, often for norms or specialized determinant-like notation

\begin{Vmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{Vmatrix}
Topic
Matrices
Available in
ams
Allowed mode
math
Body mode
math
Frequency
<0.01% of corpus formulasrank 28 of 31
Commonality
medium
Tags
matrix, nestable
Renderer support
PackageMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
amsMathJax: FullKaTeX: FullXeTeX: Full
About the test scope

Syntax#

\begin{Vmatrix}…math body\end{Vmatrix}

Takes no arguments. Reading argspecs

In TeXForm#

TeXForm reads the environment body in math mode.

Rewrite the fenced Vmatrix environment to explicit double bars around a core matrix environment.

\begin{Vmatrix} #1 \end{Vmatrix} \left\Vert\begin{matrix} #1 \end{matrix}\right\Vert

See also#

Test cases#

ams
InputCaseMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
\begin{Vmatrix} a & b \\\\ c & d \end{Vmatrix}Positive · baselinePassPassPass
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