Matrices: Intro

Visual comparison between matrix styles:

Example #	8	9	10	11	12	13
Matrix	$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 4 & 5 & 6 \\ 7 & 8 & 9 \end{bmatrix}$	$\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 4 & 5 & 6 \\ 7 & 8 & 9 \end{pmatrix}$	$\begin{Bmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 4 & 5 & 6 \\ 7 & 8 & 9 \end{Bmatrix}$	$\begin{vmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 4 & 5 & 6 \\ 7 & 8 & 9 \end{vmatrix}$	$\begin{Vmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 4 & 5 & 6 \\ 7 & 8 & 9 \end{Vmatrix}$	$\begin{matrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 4 & 5 & 6 \\ 7 & 8 & 9 \end{matrix}$
Style Type	Square brackets	Parentheses	Curly braces	Vertical bars	Double vertical bars	None
$\LaTeX$ Matrix Environment Name	bmatrix	pmatrix	Bmatrix	vmatrix	Vmatrix	matrix

In these lecture notes, we'll use

bmatrix

matrices (due to stylistic reasons: bracket matrices look stable and solid.) The code for the

bmatrix

in example #8 is

$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 4 & 5 & 6 \\ 7 & 8 & 9 \end{bmatrix}$

.