\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath,amsfonts} \usepackage{color} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} x_e = \begin{bmatrix} 0 \\ 0 \end{bmatrix}, \qquad x_e = \begin{bmatrix} k \\ 0 \end{bmatrix}, \qquad x_e = \begin{bmatrix} H_e^* \\ L_e^* \end{bmatrix}, \end{equation*} \end{document}