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%%  Example 09-16-2 on page 181.
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\documentclass[]{exaarticle}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{201.70511pt}
\AtBeginDocument{\setlength\parindent{0pt}}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{gauss} \newmatrix{]}{[}{q}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
$\begin{gmatrix}[q]
  1 & 2\\  3 & 4
 \end{gmatrix}$
\end{document}