Supposed to be a Jacobian - What is wrong?

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Can someone help ... the following is supposed to be a Jacobian matrix ...= $$ \begin{pmatrix} \frac{ \partial F_1}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_1}{ \partial x_2} \\ \frac{ \partial F_2}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_2}{ \partial x_2} \\ \frac{ \partial F_3}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_3}{ \partial x_2} \end{pmatrix} $$
But it won't display ... comes up with an error ...

Actual Latex code is as follows:\begin{pmatrix} \frac{ \partial F_1}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_1}{ \partial x_2} \\ \frac{ \partial F_2}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_2}{ \partial x_2} \\ \frac{ \partial F_3}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_3}{ \partial x_2} end{pmatrix}
Can someone please diagnose what is wrong ...

Help will be appreciated,

Peter
 
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Peter said:
Can someone help ... the following is supposed to be a Jacobian matrix ...= $$ \begin{pmatrix} \frac{ \partial F_1}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_1}{ \partial x_2} \\ \frac{ \partial F_2}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_2}{ \partial x_2} \\ \frac{ \partial F_3}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_3}{ \partial x_2} end{pmatrix} $$
But it won't display ... comes up with an error ...

Actual Latex code is as follows:\begin{pmatrix} \frac{ \partial F_1}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_1}{ \partial x_2} \\ \frac{ \partial F_2}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_2}{ \partial x_2} \\ \frac{ \partial F_3}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_3}{ \partial x_2} end{pmatrix}
Can someone please diagnose what is wrong ...

Help will be appreciated,

Peter
You need a backslash towards the end:

\begin{pmatrix} \frac{ \partial F_1}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_1}{ \partial x_2} \\ \frac{ \partial F_2}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_2}{ \partial x_2} \\ \frac{ \partial F_3}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_3}{ \partial x_2} end{pmatrix}

$$\begin{pmatrix} \frac{ \partial F_1}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_1}{ \partial x_2} \\ \frac{ \partial F_2}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_2}{ \partial x_2} \\ \frac{ \partial F_3}{ \partial x_1} & \frac{ \partial F_3}{ \partial x_2} \end{pmatrix}$$
 
The ending tag wasn't escaped...I edited your post to do so. :)