[texhax] how to typeset a matrix

[Reinhard Kotucha]

>>>>> "kyanh" == kyanh  <kyanh at o2.pl> writes:

  > Hello, I have searched through google but I could typeset the
  > following matrix:
  > http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/437/matrixxbr6.jpg

  > [...]

  > How can we typeset that matrix ?

I did not use LaTeX's picture environment for many years and I did not
use TikZ/pgf before, hence the following code is very ugly:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\unitlength=1mm

\newcommand{\southeastarrow}{\begin{picture}(0,0)(0,0)
    \put(0,-10){\tikz\draw[->] (0mm,0mm) -- (14mm,-12mm);}
  \end{picture}}

\begin{displaymath}
  \left(\begin{array}{ccc}
    \southeastarrow a & \southeastarrow b & c \\
    d & e & f \\
    g & h & i \\
  \end{array}\right)
\end{displaymath}

\end{document}
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You will certainly find a better solution if you read the manuals more
carefully than I did.  The TikZ/pgf manual is called pgfmanual.pgf.

 http://ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/doc/generic/pgf/version-for-pdftex/en/pgfmanual.pdf

Instead of TikZ/pgf you can also try \vector from LaTeX's picture
environment, but you should \usepackage{pict2e} which allows lines and
vectors to have arbitrary slopes.

You can also look into the XY-pic documentation, though I did not see
anything in the examples which is close to your problem and XY-pic
makes heavy use of special fonts while TikZ/pgf and pict2e can draw
straight lines with arbitrary slopes.

Even if you don't decide to use TikZ/pgf it doesn't hurt to browse the
manual.  It makes as much fun as reading Hans' MataFun documentation.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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