Braces around both sides of cases (with text)
Here, I replace the cases
environment with a \left\{\!\begin{aligned}...\end{aligned}\right\}
. The \!
seems necessary to overcome a small space introduced, I think by the leading &
.
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation*}
\hat{C}(\hat{S},1) = \frac{1}{E} C(S,T) =
\left\{\!\begin{aligned}
&0 &\text{ if } S<E,\\[1ex]
&\frac{S}{2E} &\text{ if } S=E,\\[1ex]
&\frac{S}{E} &\text{ if } S>E.
\end{aligned}\right\}
\end{equation*}
\end{document}
If one wanted to preserve the \textstyle
of the cases
environment,
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation*}
\hat{C}(\hat{S},1) = \frac{1}{E} C(S,T) =
\left\{\!\begin{aligned}
&0 &\text{ if } S<E,\\[1ex]
&\textstyle\frac{S}{2E} &\text{ if } S=E,\\[1ex]
&\textstyle\frac{S}{E} &\text{ if } S>E.
\end{aligned}\right\}
\end{equation*}
\end{document}
You can simply use the (d)rcases
environment from mathtools
.
Also, I think it's better to use \widehat
with capital letters.
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation*}
\widehat{C}(\widehat{S},1) = \frac{1}{E} C(S,T) =
\begin{rcases}
\begin{dcases}
0 & \text{ if } S<E, \\
\frac{S}{2E} & \text{ if } S=E, \\
\frac{S}{E} & \text{ if } S>E.
\end{dcases}
\end{rcases}
\end{equation*}
\end{document}
You can exploit the \newcases
feature in mathtools
:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,mathtools}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\makeatletter
\newcases{lrdcases}
{\quad}
{$\m@th\displaystyle{##}$\hfil}
{$\m@th\displaystyle{##}$\hfil}
{\lbrace}
{\rbrace}
\newcases{lrdcases*}
{\quad}
{$\m@th\displaystyle{##}$\hfil}
{{##}\hfil}
{\lbrace}
{\rbrace}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\begin{equation*}
\hat{C}(\hat{S},1) = \frac{1}{E} C(S,T) =
\begin{lrdcases}
0 &\text{if $S<E$,}\\[1ex]
\frac{S}{2E} &\text{if $S=E$,}\\[1ex]
\frac{S}{E} &\text{if $S>E$.}
\end{lrdcases}
\end{equation*}
\begin{equation*}
\hat{C}(\hat{S},1) = \frac{1}{E} C(S,T) =
\begin{lrdcases*}
0 & if $S<E$,\\[1ex]
\frac{S}{2E} & if $S=E$,\\[1ex]
\frac{S}{E} & if $S>E$.
\end{lrdcases*}
\end{equation*}
\end{document}
According to the conventions of mathtools
, the *
-variant has the second column typeset in text mode.
However, I'd use the left brace only.