# Underbraces in Matrix Divided in Blocks

How to put underbraces, inside the parenthesis of a matrix, to name both sides of the blocks?

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{array}
\begin{document}
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$\left ( \begin{array}{rrr|rrr} 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ \end{array} \right )$
\end{document}


I'm compiling the code in my university server, where I can't install new packages.

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Please provide a MWE next time. Furthermore, what packages do you have installed now? –  Svend Tveskæg Mar 14 '13 at 13:03

Here's another (TikZ-free) option:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{array}

\newcommand\undermat[2]{%
\makebox[0pt][l]{$\smash{\underbrace{\phantom{% \begin{matrix}#2\end{matrix}}}_{\text{$#1$}}}$}#2}

\begin{document}

$\left ( \begin{array}{rrr|rrr} 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ \undermat{A}{0 & 0 & 0} & \undermat{B}{0 & 0 & 0} \\ \end{array} \right )$

\end{document}


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This is the easiest and elegant way I've seen to do it. Thanks alot. But how about vertical braces and down face braces. I really appreciate if you can provide these features. –  CroCo Feb 12 at 19:24

Your code was not a minimal working example (MWE) (It's missing \begin{document} and \end{document}. Please make it a habit to provide one.

You should really consider using the \tikzmark macro for this. There are already a lot of answers regarding this tikz-based macro on this site. (AFAIK, a package is on the way to completion based on this macro by Andrew Stacey. For instance you can read the related question: \underbrace at a strange place, spanning array columns which you can tailor to the code below:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathreplacing}
\newcommand{\tikzmark}[1]{\tikz[overlay,remember picture,baseline=(#1.base)]
\node (#1) {\strut};}
\begin{document}
$\left ( \begin{array}{rrr|rrr} 0 & 0 & 0 &\tikzmark{upper1} 0 & 0 & 0\tikzmark{upper2} \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ \tikzmark{lower1}0 & 0 & 0\tikzmark{lower2} & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ \end{array} \right )$

\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay, remember picture,decoration={brace,amplitude=5pt}]
\draw[decorate,thick] (lower2.south) -- (lower1.south)
node [midway,below=5pt] {Left block};
\draw[decorate,thick] (upper1.north) -- (upper2.north)
node [midway,above=5pt] {Right block};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


You have to compile this twice to see the same output.

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