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%% Example 11-3-9 on page II-159 in "bigdelim --- Delimiters around and inside arrays".
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\documentclass{tlc3examargin}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{159.0pt}

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{bigdelim}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\begin{equation}
 \begin{array}{r@{\,}ccc@{\,}l}
   &amp; 1 &amp; 2 &amp; 3 &amp; \hspace{2mm}\rdelim]{3}{*}[quite] \\
   &amp; 0 &amp; 1 &amp; 2                                     \\
   &amp; 0 &amp; 0 &amp; 1 &amp; \rdelim]{3}{*}[special]           \\
   &amp; 0 &amp; 0 &amp; 0                                     \\
  \ldelim\{{-5}{*}[This is] &amp; &amp; \Delta    \end{array}
\end{equation}
\end{document}
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