\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*}\hat \sigma_0:=\leavevmode\hbox{\small1\kern-3.8pt\normalsize1},\, \hat \sigma_1:=\sigma_x,\, \hat \sigma_2:=\sigma_y,\, \hat \sigma_3:=\sigma_z\end{equation*} \end{document}