\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath,amsfonts} \usepackage{color} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} H W_r = H \begin{bmatrix} B & AB & \cdots & A^{n-1}B \end{bmatrix} = 0. \end{equation*} \end{document}