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# How to create matrices in LaTeX

This is the 16th video in a series of 21 by [Dr Vincent Knight](http://bit.ly/186ai3Z) of Cardiff University. In this video, Vince shows how to quickly write out matrices in LaTeX, using the `amsmath` package and the `\pmatrix` (for a matrix with curly brackets), `\matrix` (for a matrix with no brackets), and `\vmatrix` (used to denote the determinant of a matrix) commands. Here's the code for the final example:

```latex
$$
\begin{vmatrix}
a&b\\
c&d\\
e&f\\
\end{vmatrix}
$$
```

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/embed/JDsirwrf1Bg>" %}

The example above (also shown in the video) is also provided here as a template. To try this for yourself, click here to [open the 'Matrices' example](https://www.overleaf.com/latex/examples/hello-world-example/pwtzfptbxqgb).


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