\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath,amsfonts} \usepackage{color} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} Q_v = \begin{bmatrix}\rho & 0 \\ 0 & \rho\end{bmatrix}. \end{equation*} \end{document}