Why isn't ddots working while vdots works?












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I have the following matrix



usepackage{amsmath}
usepackage{amssymb}

$$
M=begin{bmatrix}
frac{partial f_1}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_n}(p) \
frac{partial f_2}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_n}(p) \
$vdots$ & $vdots$ & $vdots$ & $vdots$ \
frac{partial f_m}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_n}(p) \

end{bmatrix}$$


which complies nicely. However, in the third line of the matrix, I would like to change the third "vdots" to a "ddots". If I do so, I get the following error:




LaTex Warning: No author given.



(The directory on my computer)



!Missing $ inserted.



< inserted text >



$



I.72 $vdots$ & $vdots$ & $ddots



$ & $vdots$



?




Could anybody help please?










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    It only "compiles nicely" if you ignore the error messages. Everything between $$…$$ is already in math mode, so you don't need more $...$ around the vdots
    – alephzero
    4 hours ago






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    @marmot LOL fixed it
    – Ovi
    4 hours ago










  • @alephzero Ah thanks got it; unfortunately I am using TexWorks and when it complies it does not open the window with the error messages, so I was not aware I had any.
    – Ovi
    4 hours ago










  • You might want to replace $$ ... $$ by [ .. ], add a documentclass, begin{document} and end{document}.
    – marmot
    4 hours ago










  • @marmot I have the begin/end document and document class; I just wanted to show the packages I was using in case it affected the answer. That's interesting, I didn't know that [ could replace $$. I am used to the latter from math.stackexchange. Is there any benefit to using the former?
    – Ovi
    4 hours ago


















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I have the following matrix



usepackage{amsmath}
usepackage{amssymb}

$$
M=begin{bmatrix}
frac{partial f_1}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_n}(p) \
frac{partial f_2}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_n}(p) \
$vdots$ & $vdots$ & $vdots$ & $vdots$ \
frac{partial f_m}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_n}(p) \

end{bmatrix}$$


which complies nicely. However, in the third line of the matrix, I would like to change the third "vdots" to a "ddots". If I do so, I get the following error:




LaTex Warning: No author given.



(The directory on my computer)



!Missing $ inserted.



< inserted text >



$



I.72 $vdots$ & $vdots$ & $ddots



$ & $vdots$



?




Could anybody help please?










share|improve this question




















  • 1




    It only "compiles nicely" if you ignore the error messages. Everything between $$…$$ is already in math mode, so you don't need more $...$ around the vdots
    – alephzero
    4 hours ago






  • 1




    @marmot LOL fixed it
    – Ovi
    4 hours ago










  • @alephzero Ah thanks got it; unfortunately I am using TexWorks and when it complies it does not open the window with the error messages, so I was not aware I had any.
    – Ovi
    4 hours ago










  • You might want to replace $$ ... $$ by [ .. ], add a documentclass, begin{document} and end{document}.
    – marmot
    4 hours ago










  • @marmot I have the begin/end document and document class; I just wanted to show the packages I was using in case it affected the answer. That's interesting, I didn't know that [ could replace $$. I am used to the latter from math.stackexchange. Is there any benefit to using the former?
    – Ovi
    4 hours ago
















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I have the following matrix



usepackage{amsmath}
usepackage{amssymb}

$$
M=begin{bmatrix}
frac{partial f_1}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_n}(p) \
frac{partial f_2}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_n}(p) \
$vdots$ & $vdots$ & $vdots$ & $vdots$ \
frac{partial f_m}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_n}(p) \

end{bmatrix}$$


which complies nicely. However, in the third line of the matrix, I would like to change the third "vdots" to a "ddots". If I do so, I get the following error:




LaTex Warning: No author given.



(The directory on my computer)



!Missing $ inserted.



< inserted text >



$



I.72 $vdots$ & $vdots$ & $ddots



$ & $vdots$



?




Could anybody help please?










share|improve this question















I have the following matrix



usepackage{amsmath}
usepackage{amssymb}

$$
M=begin{bmatrix}
frac{partial f_1}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_n}(p) \
frac{partial f_2}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_n}(p) \
$vdots$ & $vdots$ & $vdots$ & $vdots$ \
frac{partial f_m}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_n}(p) \

end{bmatrix}$$


which complies nicely. However, in the third line of the matrix, I would like to change the third "vdots" to a "ddots". If I do so, I get the following error:




LaTex Warning: No author given.



(The directory on my computer)



!Missing $ inserted.



< inserted text >



$



I.72 $vdots$ & $vdots$ & $ddots



$ & $vdots$



?




Could anybody help please?







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  • 1




    It only "compiles nicely" if you ignore the error messages. Everything between $$…$$ is already in math mode, so you don't need more $...$ around the vdots
    – alephzero
    4 hours ago






  • 1




    @marmot LOL fixed it
    – Ovi
    4 hours ago










  • @alephzero Ah thanks got it; unfortunately I am using TexWorks and when it complies it does not open the window with the error messages, so I was not aware I had any.
    – Ovi
    4 hours ago










  • You might want to replace $$ ... $$ by [ .. ], add a documentclass, begin{document} and end{document}.
    – marmot
    4 hours ago










  • @marmot I have the begin/end document and document class; I just wanted to show the packages I was using in case it affected the answer. That's interesting, I didn't know that [ could replace $$. I am used to the latter from math.stackexchange. Is there any benefit to using the former?
    – Ovi
    4 hours ago
















  • 1




    It only "compiles nicely" if you ignore the error messages. Everything between $$…$$ is already in math mode, so you don't need more $...$ around the vdots
    – alephzero
    4 hours ago






  • 1




    @marmot LOL fixed it
    – Ovi
    4 hours ago










  • @alephzero Ah thanks got it; unfortunately I am using TexWorks and when it complies it does not open the window with the error messages, so I was not aware I had any.
    – Ovi
    4 hours ago










  • You might want to replace $$ ... $$ by [ .. ], add a documentclass, begin{document} and end{document}.
    – marmot
    4 hours ago










  • @marmot I have the begin/end document and document class; I just wanted to show the packages I was using in case it affected the answer. That's interesting, I didn't know that [ could replace $$. I am used to the latter from math.stackexchange. Is there any benefit to using the former?
    – Ovi
    4 hours ago










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It only "compiles nicely" if you ignore the error messages. Everything between $$…$$ is already in math mode, so you don't need more $...$ around the vdots
– alephzero
4 hours ago




It only "compiles nicely" if you ignore the error messages. Everything between $$…$$ is already in math mode, so you don't need more $...$ around the vdots
– alephzero
4 hours ago




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1




@marmot LOL fixed it
– Ovi
4 hours ago




@marmot LOL fixed it
– Ovi
4 hours ago












@alephzero Ah thanks got it; unfortunately I am using TexWorks and when it complies it does not open the window with the error messages, so I was not aware I had any.
– Ovi
4 hours ago




@alephzero Ah thanks got it; unfortunately I am using TexWorks and when it complies it does not open the window with the error messages, so I was not aware I had any.
– Ovi
4 hours ago












You might want to replace $$ ... $$ by [ .. ], add a documentclass, begin{document} and end{document}.
– marmot
4 hours ago




You might want to replace $$ ... $$ by [ .. ], add a documentclass, begin{document} and end{document}.
– marmot
4 hours ago












@marmot I have the begin/end document and document class; I just wanted to show the packages I was using in case it affected the answer. That's interesting, I didn't know that [ could replace $$. I am used to the latter from math.stackexchange. Is there any benefit to using the former?
– Ovi
4 hours ago






@marmot I have the begin/end document and document class; I just wanted to show the packages I was using in case it affected the answer. That's interesting, I didn't know that [ could replace $$. I am used to the latter from math.stackexchange. Is there any benefit to using the former?
– Ovi
4 hours ago












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Once you use [...], you're in display math mode and therefore don't need to supply in-line $...$ around math content:



enter image description here



documentclass{article}

usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}

begin{document}

[
M = begin{bmatrix}
frac{partial f_1}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_n}(p) \
frac{partial f_2}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_n}(p) \
vdots & vdots & ddots & vdots \
frac{partial f_m}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_n}(p)
end{bmatrix}
]

end{document}





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    Once you use [...], you're in display math mode and therefore don't need to supply in-line $...$ around math content:



    enter image description here



    documentclass{article}

    usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}

    begin{document}

    [
    M = begin{bmatrix}
    frac{partial f_1}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_n}(p) \
    frac{partial f_2}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_n}(p) \
    vdots & vdots & ddots & vdots \
    frac{partial f_m}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_n}(p)
    end{bmatrix}
    ]

    end{document}





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      Once you use [...], you're in display math mode and therefore don't need to supply in-line $...$ around math content:



      enter image description here



      documentclass{article}

      usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}

      begin{document}

      [
      M = begin{bmatrix}
      frac{partial f_1}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_n}(p) \
      frac{partial f_2}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_n}(p) \
      vdots & vdots & ddots & vdots \
      frac{partial f_m}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_n}(p)
      end{bmatrix}
      ]

      end{document}





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        Once you use [...], you're in display math mode and therefore don't need to supply in-line $...$ around math content:



        enter image description here



        documentclass{article}

        usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}

        begin{document}

        [
        M = begin{bmatrix}
        frac{partial f_1}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_n}(p) \
        frac{partial f_2}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_n}(p) \
        vdots & vdots & ddots & vdots \
        frac{partial f_m}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_n}(p)
        end{bmatrix}
        ]

        end{document}





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        Once you use [...], you're in display math mode and therefore don't need to supply in-line $...$ around math content:



        enter image description here



        documentclass{article}

        usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}

        begin{document}

        [
        M = begin{bmatrix}
        frac{partial f_1}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_1}{partial x_n}(p) \
        frac{partial f_2}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_2}{partial x_n}(p) \
        vdots & vdots & ddots & vdots \
        frac{partial f_m}{partial x_1}(p) & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_2}(p) & cdots & frac{partial f_m}{partial x_n}(p)
        end{bmatrix}
        ]

        end{document}






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