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alpha
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Problem with creating a matrix

Hello!

I want to create a matrix having one row and multiple columns. I am doing it as follows:

\usepackage{amsmath}

y(k)=
\begin{bmatrix}
a_{0}&a_{1}&a_{2}&b_{1}&b_{2}&c_{1}&c_{2}&d_{1}&d_{2}&e_{1}&e{2}
\end{bmatrix}

I am getting the error:

! Extra alignment tab has been changed to \cr.

The matrix currently has 11 columns. If I reduce the columns to 10, the error does not appear.

What can be the reason for this?

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Stefan Kottwitz
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Hi,

the reason is that amsmath uses 10 array columns internally. You could adjust that by setting the counter MaxMatrixCols:
\setcounter{MaxMatrixCols}{11}

Stefan

alpha
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@Stefan_K!

Thank you very much! You saved my day!
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