\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath,amsfonts} \usepackage{color} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} \frac{d^ny}{dt^n}+a_1\frac{d^{n-1}y}{dt^{n-1}}+\cdots+ a_ny=b_0\frac{d^{m}u}{dt^{m}}+b_1\frac{d^{m-1}u}{dt^{m-1}}+\cdots+ b_mu, \end{equation*} \end{document}