Box inside matrix

Question

I'm trying to do something like this:

The matrix was generated with the following code:

    \begin{equation}
    \begingroup % keep the change local
    \setlength\arraycolsep{2pt}
        \begin{pmatrix}
             h_{11}&h_{12}&h_{13}&h_{14}&\cdots&h_{1n}&\cdots&\cdots&h_{1m}\\
             h_{21}&h_{22}&h_{23}&h_{24}&\cdots&h_{2n}&\cdots&\cdots&h_{2m}\\
             0 & h_{32} &h_{33}&h_{34}&\cdots&h_{3n}&\cdots&\cdots&h_{3m}\\
             0 & 0 & h_{43}&h_{44}&\cdots&h_{4n}&\cdots&\cdots&h_{4m}\\
             \vdots & \vdots & & \ddots & \ddots & \vdots & & & \vdots \\
             0 & 0 & & & \ddots & h_{n,n}& & & h_{nm} \\
             0 & 0 & & & & h_{n+1,n}& & & h_{n+1,m} \\
             \vdots & \vdots & & & & & \ddots & \ddots & \vdots \\
             0 & 0 & \cdots & & \cdots & \cdots & 0 & h_{m,m-1} & h_{m,m} \\
        \end{pmatrix}
    \endgroup
    \end{equation}

Any suggestion?

Thanks in advance.

fractal · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-21T06:46:29.453

You can use tikzmark:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation}
    \begingroup % keep the change local
    \setlength\arraycolsep{2pt}
        \begin{pmatrix}
            \tikzmarknode{x}{h_{11}}&h_{12}&h_{13}&h_{14}&\cdots&h_{1n}&\cdots&\cdots&h_{1m}\\
            h_{21}&h_{22}&h_{23}&h_{24}&\cdots&h_{2n}&\cdots&\cdots&h_{2m}\\
            0 & h_{32} &h_{33}&h_{34}&\cdots&h_{3n}&\cdots&\cdots&h_{3m}\\
            0 & 0 & h_{43}&h_{44}&\cdots&h_{4n}&\cdots&\cdots&h_{4m}\\
            \vdots & \vdots & & \ddots & \ddots & \vdots & & & \vdots \\
            0 & 0 & & & \ddots & h_{n,n}& & & h_{nm} \\
            0 & 0 & & & & \tikzmarknode{y}{h_{n+1,n}}& & & h_{n+1,m} \\
            \vdots & \vdots & & & & & \ddots & \ddots & \vdots \\
            0 & 0 & \cdots & & \cdots & \cdots & 0 & h_{m,m-1} & h_{m,m} \\
        \end{pmatrix}
    \endgroup
\end{equation}
\tikz[remember picture,overlay] \draw (x.north west) rectangle (y.south east);
\end{document}

If you want better spacing,

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation}
    \begingroup % keep the change local
    \setlength\arraycolsep{2pt}
        \begin{pmatrix}
            \tikzmarknode[inner sep=.3em]{x}{h_{11}}&h_{12}&h_{13}&h_{14}&\cdots&h_{1n}&\cdots&\cdots&h_{1m}\\
            h_{21}&h_{22}&h_{23}&h_{24}&\cdots&h_{2n}&\cdots&\cdots&h_{2m}\\
            0 & h_{32} &h_{33}&h_{34}&\cdots&h_{3n}&\cdots&\cdots&h_{3m}\\
            0 & 0 & h_{43}&h_{44}&\cdots&h_{4n}&\cdots&\cdots&h_{4m}\\
            \vdots & \vdots & & \ddots & \ddots & \vdots & & & \vdots \\
            0 & 0 & & & \ddots & h_{n,n}& & & h_{nm} \\
            0 & 0 & & & & \tikzmarknode[inner sep=.3em]{y}{h_{n+1,n}}& & & h_{n+1,m} \\
            \vdots & \vdots & & & & & \ddots & \ddots & \vdots \\
            0 & 0 & \cdots & & \cdots & \cdots & 0 & h_{m,m-1} & h_{m,m} \\
        \end{pmatrix}
    \endgroup
\end{equation}
\tikz[remember picture,overlay] \draw[red] (x.north west) rectangle (y.south east);
\end{document}

Awesome solution! Thank you very much. – Pierrot Dec 21 '19 at 12:31 — Pierrot, Dec 21 '19 at 12:31

score 2 · Answer 2 · 2019-12-21T07:12:04.873

You can use nicematrix.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{nicematrix}
\NiceMatrixOptions{exterior-arraycolsep}
\begin{document}

\begin{equation}
    \begingroup % keep the change local
    \setlength\arraycolsep{2pt}
        \begin{pNiceMatrix}[name=A,]
             h_{11}&h_{12}&h_{13}&h_{14}&\Cdots&h_{1n}&\Cdots&&h_{1m}\\
             h_{21}&h_{22}&h_{23}&h_{24}&\Cdots&h_{2n}&\Cdots&&h_{2m}\\
             0 & h_{32} &h_{33}&h_{34}&\Cdots&h_{3n}&\Cdots&&h_{3m}\\
             0 & 0 & h_{43}&h_{44}&\Cdots&h_{4n}&\Cdots&&h_{4m}\\
             \Vdots & \Vdots & & \Ddots & \Ddots & \Vdots & & & \Vdots \\
             0 & 0 & & & & h_{n,n}& \Cdots& & h_{nm} \\
             0 & 0 & & & & h_{n+1,n}& & & h_{n+1,m} \\
             \Vdots & \Vdots & & & & & \Ddots &  & \Vdots \\
             0 & 0 & \Cdots & &  &  & 0 & h_{m,m-1} & h_{m,m} \\
        \end{pNiceMatrix}
        \begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
        \node [red,draw,fit=(A-1-1)(A-6-6),inner sep=1.5pt]{};
        \end{tikzpicture}
    \endgroup
    \end{equation}
\end{document}

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 21 '19 at 10:53

A solution with pstricks. I added some spacing improvements with cellspace:

    \documentclass[svgnames]{article}
    \usepackage{mathtools}
    \usepackage{pst-node}
    \usepackage[math]{cellspace}
    \setlength{\cellspacetoplimit}{3pt}
    \setlength{\cellspacebottomlimit}{3pt}
    \usepackage{auto-pst-pdf}

    \begin{document}

    \begin{equation}
     \begin{pmatrix}
     \:\pnode[-2pt,2.5ex]{A} h_{11} &h_{12}&h_{13}&h_{14}&\cdots&h_{1n}&\cdots&\cdots&h_{1m}\\
    \: h_{21}&h_{22}&h_{23}&h_{24}&\cdots&h_{2n}&\cdots&\cdots&h_{2m}\\
     0 & h_{32} &h_{33}&h_{34}&\cdots&h_{3n}&\cdots&\cdots&h_{3m}\\
     0 & 0 & h_{43}&h_{44}&\cdots&h_{4n}&\cdots&\cdots&h_{4m}\\
     \vdots & \vdots & & \ddots & \ddots & \vdots & & & \vdots \\
     0 & 0 & & & \ddots & h_{n,n}& & & h_{nm} \\
     0 & 0 & & & & h_{n+1,n}\pnode[0.5ex,-1.5ex]{B}& & & h_{n+1,m} \\
     \vdots & \vdots & & & & & \ddots & \ddots & \vdots \\
     0 & 0 & \cdots & & \cdots & \cdots & 0 & h_{m,m-1} & h_{m,m} \\
     \end{pmatrix}
     \psframe[linecolor=Crimson](A)(B)
    \end{equation}

    \end{document}

Very nice pstricks solution. Thank you! – Pierrot Dec 21 '19 at 12:32 — Pierrot, Dec 21 '19 at 12:32

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