\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath,amsfonts} \usepackage{color} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} \sigma = \frac{n \alpha_1 k p_e^{n-1}}{(1 + k p_e^n)^2} \end{equation*} \end{document}