# Sketching a rectangle around elements of a matrix

I was going to sketch a number of rectangles around the elements of a matrix, something like the picture but I didn't know how to do this. I would be grateful if someone could help me. Here is my matrix code without rectangles:

$$\begin{bmatrix} \mathbf {c_0}& & & \\ &\mathbf {c_1 }& & \\ & &\ \ddots & \\ && &\mathbf {c_{r-1}} \\ \end{bmatrix}_{(n+1)(r+1)\times4r}$$


• Please make your code compilable. You can format it by selecting it and hitting ctrl+k or the {} button in the editor. (This will indent it by 4 spaces, which does the trick.) – cfr May 21 '17 at 18:27
• – John Kormylo May 22 '17 at 11:48

You could use a tikz matrix:
\documentclass{article}
$$\begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=-1ex] \matrix[% matrix of math nodes, nodes in empty cells, left delimiter={[},right delimiter={]}, inner xsep=2pt, column sep=8pt, ] (m) {% \mathbf {c_0}& & & \\ &\mathbf {c_1 }& & \\[-8pt] & & \ddots & \\ && &\mathbf {c_{r-1}} \\[4pt] && &\\ }; \node[font=\scriptsize, above right= -5pt and 4pt of m.south east] {(n+1)(r+1)\times4r}; \node[rectangle, draw, fit={(m-1-1) (m-2-1)}, inner sep=0pt, text width=22pt] {}; \node[rectangle, draw, fit={(m-2-2) (m-3-2)}, inner sep=0pt, text width=22pt] {}; \node[rectangle, draw, fit={(m-4-4) (m-5-4)}, inner sep=0pt, text width=22pt] {}; \end{tikzpicture}$$