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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 11-4-38 on page II-178 in "mattens --- Commands to typeset tensors".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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\documentclass{tlc3examargin}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{135.0pt}

 % Shorten the vertical size of the example ...
 \AtBeginDocument{%
   \setlength\abovedisplayskip{.8\abovedisplayskip}%
   \setlength\belowdisplayskip{.8\belowdisplayskip}%
 }

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{mattens}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\begin{gather}
\aSb{x} \neq \aSb*{x} \neq \aSb[\hat]{x} \neq \bSa{X} \\
\bS{\delta} \neq \bS*{\delta} \neq \bS[\hat]{\delta}  \\
\bCSb{a} \cdot \bS{c} = \bS{a} \times \bS{c}
\end{gather}
\end{document}