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\documentclass[a4paper, openany, oneside, 12pt]{report}
\usepackage{makecell}
\begin{document} 
\begin{adjustbox}{width = 1 \textwidth}
\large 
\begin{tabular}{c|c|c|c}
\hline $(2,1, 1)$:= $1^1 2^2$ & $(1, 2)$ & \bigg{\{ \makecell{(2 4)(3 5),(1 2)(3 4), (1 5)(3 4), (1 4)(2 5),(1 5)(2 3), \\ (1 2)(4 5), (1 3)(2 5), (1 3)(2 4), (1 4)(35), (1 2)(3 5), \\ (2 5)(3 4), (1 5)(2 4), (1 4)(2 3), (1 3)(4 5), (2 3)(4 5)} } \bigg \}$ & &15$\\ 
\hline

\end{adjustbox}
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
Memristor
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1 Answers1

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OK, this is an interesting case.

The main problem is that you're using a wrong syntax that seems to produce what you want, but does so just by chance.

How does \bigg work? It looks for an argument and does

\left<argument><high empty box>\right.

(simplified, but the important bits are there); the (empty) <high empty box> has a height that should ensure that \left finds the desired size. So in your case you get

\left\{\makecell{...}\right.

and this is not the intended output.

The correct syntax is

\bigg\{ <formula>

and indeed, if you remove the wrong braces, you get

enter image description here

What you want is \left\{ and \right\}.

Here's your table (after fixing a couple of inconsistencies) and my proposal at the bottom.

\documentclass[a4paper, openany, oneside, 12pt]{report}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\usepackage{makecell,adjustbox}


\begin{document}


\begin{adjustbox}{width = 1 \textwidth}
\begin{tabular}{c|c|c|c}
\hline
$(2,1, 1)$:= $1^1 2^2$ & $(1, 2)$ &
  $\left{\makecell{
    (2 4)(3 5), (1 2)(3 4), (1 5)(3 4), (1 4)(2 5), (1 5)(2 3), \
    (1 2)(4 5), (1 3)(2 5), (1 3)(2 4), (1 4)(3 5), (1 2)(3 5), \
    (2 5)(3 4), (1 5)(2 4), (1 4)(2 3), (1 3)(4 5), (2 3)(4 5)
  }\right}$ & $15$\ 
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{adjustbox}


[
\addtolength{\arraycolsep}{-2pt}
\begin{array}{@{} c|c|c|c @{}}
\hline
(2,1, 1):= 1^1 2^2 & (1, 2) &
\left{
  \begin{array}{@{}c@{}}
  (24)(35), (12)(34), (15)(34), (14)(25), (15)(23),\
  (12)(45), (13)(25), (13)(24), (14)(35), (12)(35),\
  (25)(34), (15)(24), (14)(23), (13)(45), (23)(45)\hphantom{,}
  \end{array}
\right} & 15 \ 
\hline
\end{array}
]


\end{document}

Avoid adjustbox, if possible.

enter image description here

egreg
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  • I think that a major issue with the OP's code -- other than the fact that it doesn't compile due to several syntax errors... -- is that what's wanted is not \biggl\{ ... \biggr\} but, rather, \left\{ ... \right\}. See also the addendum to this answer. – Mico Dec 18 '22 at 10:27
  • @Mico Indeed! It was a curious byproduct of a syntax error! Fixed. – egreg Dec 18 '22 at 11:06
  • +1. :-) You may want to also mention that if the spaces between 2 and 4, 3 and 5, etc should be preserved, it's possible to address this need by enclosing the \makecell{...} object in a \textup{...} directive. – Mico Dec 18 '22 at 11:22