\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*}\cal{H}_l(\lambda) :=\mbox{span}\{|\psi^\alpha_{l}(\lambda)\rangle\}_{\alpha=1}^{n_l},\end{equation*} \end{document}