\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath,amsfonts} \usepackage{color} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} W_r = \left[\begin{matrix} B & AB & \cdots & A^{n-1}B \end{matrix}\right]. \end{equation*} \end{document}