%% 
%%  The LaTeX Graphics Companion, 2ed (first printing May 2007)
%% 
%%  Example 7-3-4 on page 477.
%% 
%%  Copyright (C) 2007 Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, Denis Roegel, Sebastian Rahtz, Herbert Vo\ss 
%% 
%%  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.
%% 
%%  See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
%% 

\documentclass{ttctexa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{183.83385pt}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage[frame]{xy}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\[\begin{xy}
  (0,0)*+++{L}="l";
  p+(15,10)*+++{M}**\frm{_)}% 1
                **\frm{\{}  % 2
               ;**\frm{\}}  % 3
 ,p+(15,10)*+++{R}**\frm{(} % 4
                **\frm{\}}  % 5
            ;"l"**\frm{^\}} % 6
\end{xy}\]
\end{document}