[OS X TeX] Vertical Spacing in "bmatrix" environment

[Ross Moore]

Hi Hendrik,

On 12/11/2008, at 1:18 PM, Hendrik wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I'm using the "\begin{bmatrix} \end{bmatrix}" enviroment from AMSmath.
> The following is part of the tex source.
>
> \begin{bmatrix}
>    \frac{s+5}{s^2+5s+4} \\
>    \frac{-1}({s^2+5s+4}
> \end{bmatrix}
>
> Since the elements I put in the matrix are all rational  
> polynominals, each row seemed to stack on each other.  Is there a  
> way to increase the spacing between rows?

\begin{bmatrix}
    \frac{s+5}{s^2+5s+4} \\
    \noalign{\smallskip}
    \frac{-1}{s^2+5s+4}
\end{bmatrix}


\noalign{...}  works with any tabular or array-like environment.


>
> My current solution is to put element in \scriptstyle which  
> essentially uses smaller font size.
>
> Cheers,
> Hendrik


Hope this helps,

	Ross

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