How to wrap text around a matrix?

Question

In the middle of a paragraph (text is justified), I have a 5-row matrix. I've been trying to find a way to wrap the text in the paragraph around the matrix, so there aren't large gaps above and below the text on that line. I have heard of the wrapfig package, but haven't managed to get this to work yet. Below is a sample similar to the code I have so far (I switched from using an array environment to tabular after discovering I may be able to use \begin{wraptable}):

`This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. $L =  \left[ \begin{tabular}{ccccc}
                $F_1$&$F_2$&$\cdots$&$F_{d-1}$&$F_d$ \\
                $P_1$&$0$&$\cdots$&$0$&$0$ \\
                $0$&$P_2$&$0$&$\cdots$&$0$ \\
                $\vdots$&$\ddots$&$\ddots$&$\ddots$&$\vdots$ \\
                $0$&$\cdots$&$0$&$P_{d-1}$&$0$
                \end{tabular} \right].$ This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$.`

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

You can use wrapfigure from wrapfig package.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\begin{document}
  This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which
       \begin{wrapfigure}[8]{r}[0pt]{6cm}
     \raggedleft $L =  \left[ \begin{array}{ccccc}
                F_1    & F_2    & \cdots & F_{d-1} & F_d    \\
                P_1    & 0      & \cdots & 0       & 0      \\
                0      & P_2    & 0      & \cdots  & 0      \\
                \vdots & \ddots & \ddots & \ddots  & \vdots \\
                0      & \cdots & 0      & P_{d-1} & 0      
                \end{array} \right].$
\end{wrapfigure}
    I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$. This is a paragraph containing random text which I want to wrap around the matrix $L$.
\end{document}

By the way, you can use an array instead of that nasty tabular

Answer 2

As you did not provide a Minimal Working Example (MWE), I have to guess some things.

First: The wraptable and wrapfigure-environment provided by the wrapfig package will not exactly do what you want. They are build to push a figure or table (or any other float-type) next to or into the margin. As seen below the two mandatory Parameters denote the side (left or right) and the width of the box (here the width of your matrix).

Second: There was no need to rewrite your Matrix into a tabular as (like with all floats) you can put almost every possible content into a wrapfigure or wraptable. The difference between them comes into effect, when you put a \caption command.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]

\begin{wrapfigure}{l}{6cm}
  $L =  \left[ \begin{tabular}{ccccc}
                $F_1$&$F_2$&$\cdots$&$F_{d-1}$&$F_d$ \\
                $P_1$&$0$&$\cdots$&$0$&$0$ \\
                $0$&$P_2$&$0$&$\cdots$&$0$ \\
                $\vdots$&$\ddots$&$\ddots$&$\ddots$&$\vdots$ \\
                $0$&$\cdots$&$0$&$P_{d-1}$&$0$
                \end{tabular} \right]$
    \caption{The Matrix called $L$.}
    \label{matrix}
\end{wrapfigure}

\lipsum[2]
The aforementioned Matrix $L$ is shown in figure \ref{matrix}.
\lipsum[2]
\end{document}