\left delim1 ... \right delim2
The two delimiters need not match; ‘.’ acts as a null delimiter, producing no output. The delimiters are sized according to the math in between. Example: \left( \sum_i=1^10 a_i \right].Фишка с точкой после скобки понадобилась для систем уравнений.
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