\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} \sigma_+ = {1\over 3}(|0\rangle |1\rangle\langle 0|\langle 1| + |1\rangle |2\rangle\langle 1|\langle 2| + |2\rangle |0\rangle \langle 2|\langle 0|) \end{equation*} \end{document}