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smallmatrixEnvironment

Used for compact inline matrices, often inside delimiters or larger formulas

\begin{smallmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{smallmatrix}
Topic
Matrices
Available in
ams, physics
Allowed mode
math
Body mode
math
Frequency
0.05% of corpus formulasrank 21 of 31
Commonality
medium
Tags
matrix, nestable
Renderer support
PackageMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
amsMathJax: FullKaTeX: FullXeTeX: Full
physicsMathJax: FullKaTeX: FullXeTeX: Full
About the test scope

Syntax#

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

Takes no arguments. Same argspec in ams and physics. Reading argspecs

Examples#

physics

\begin{smallmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{smallmatrix}

Package variants#

PackageSignatureAllowed modeNotes
amsmathUsed for compact inline matrices, often inside delimiters or larger formulas
physicsmathUsed for compact inline matrices or small matrix subexpressions when full-sized matrix environments would be too large.

In TeXForm#

TeXForm reads the environment body in math mode.

See also#

Test cases#

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