\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath,amsfonts} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} M(\theta) \ddot\theta + C(\theta, \dot\theta) \dot\theta + N(\theta, \dot\theta) = \tau \end{equation*} \end{document}