\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath,amsfonts} \usepackage{color} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} \dot x = F(x_e) + \left.\frac{\partial F}{\partial x}\right|_{x_e} (x - x_e) + \text{higher order terms in $(x-x_e)$}. \end{equation*} \end{document}