Inline column vectors appear too big

Question

When I use a vector within the text, the vector appears too big - how can I make it smaller?

Example:

\documentclass[12pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
One standard basis vectors of $\mathbb{R}^2$ is \begin{pmatrix}1\\0\end{pmatrix}$.
 Unfortunately, the vector is about twice as tall as the rest of the line. 
How can I reduce its size to about $1.5$-times the size of the line?
\end{document}

@OlegLobachev I prefer $\begin{pmatrix}0&1\end{pmatrix}^T$ because it is more clearear what are you using. — manooooh, Jan 01 '19 at 01:04

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 31 '18 at 19:50

Just use psmallmatrix from mathtools.

\documentclass[12pt]{scrartcl}

\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\usepackage{mathtools}

\begin{document}
    One standard basis vectors of $\mathbb{R}^2$ is $\begin{psmallmatrix}1\\0\end{psmallmatrix}$.
    Unfortunately, the vector is about twice as tall as the rest of the line. 
    How can I reduce its size to about $1.5$-times the size of the line?
\end{document}

Bernard · Answer 2 · 2018-12-31T21:20:56.823

You can either use the psmallmatrix environment from mathtools, or the \medmath command from nccmath (ca 80 % of \displaystyle), or make a group in footnotesize. Just choose:

\documentclass[12pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{mathtools, nccmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}

\begin{document} 

One standard basis vectors of $\mathbb{R}^2$ is $\begin{pmatrix}1\\0\end{pmatrix}$.
 Unfortunately, the vector is about twice as tall as the rest of the line.
How can I reduce its size to about $1.5$-times the size of the line?

One standard basis vectors of $\mathbb{R}^2$ is $\begin{psmallmatrix}1\\0\end{psmallmatrix}$.
 Unfortunately, the vector is about twice as tall as the rest of the line.
How can I reduce its size to about $1.5$-times the size of the line?


One standard basis vectors of $\mathbb{R}^2$ is $\medmath{\begin{pmatrix}1\\0\end{pmatrix}}$.
 Unfortunately, the vector is about twice as tall as the rest of the line.
How can I reduce its size to about $1.5$-times the size of the line?
?

One standard basis vectors of $\mathbb{R}^2$ is {\scriptsize$\begin{pmatrix}1\\0\end{pmatrix}$}.
 Unfortunately, the vector is about twice as tall as the rest of the line.
How can I reduce its size to about $1.5$-times the size of the line?

\end{document}

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 31 '18 at 19:50

try with smallmatrix:

\documentclass[12pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
One standard basis vectors of $\mathbb{R}^2$ is $\left(\begin{smallmatrix}1\\0\end{smallmatrix}\right)$.
 Unfortunately, the vector is about twice as tall as the rest of the line.
How can I reduce its size to about $1.5$-times the size of the line?
\end{document}

Sebastiano · Answer 4 · 2018-12-31T20:33:45.147

I simply would use the command \tbinom{1}{0} at the pag.18 of this guide:

I think it could be a good compromise, it is a simple basic command and it is not too big. See the figure below:

\documentclass[12pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
One standard basis vectors of $\mathbb{R}^2$ is $\tbinom{1}{0}$.
 Unfortunately, the vector is about twice as tall as the rest of the line. 
How can I reduce its size to about $1.5$-times the size of the line?
\end{document}

Inline column vectors appear too big

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