\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath,amsfonts} \usepackage{color} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} \frac{dz}{dt} = \begin{bmatrix}-k_0 - k_1 & k_1 - b_0 k \\ k_2 & -k_2 \end{bmatrix} z. \end{equation*} \end{document}