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%%  Der Mathematiksatz mit LaTeX, 1. Auflage 2009
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%%  Example 9-17-5 on page 199.
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%%  Copyright (C) 2009 Herbert Voss
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%%  It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions
%%  of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3
%%  of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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%%  See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
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\documentclass[]{ttctminimal}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{194.59192pt}
\AtBeginDocument{\setlength\parindent{0pt}}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{mathtools}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\[ \begin{pmatrix*}[r]
    -1 & 3 \\
    2  & -4
   \end{pmatrix*} \]
\end{document}