\documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \thispagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation} y=\left\{\begin{array}{c} y_{\rm break}(\frac{x}{x_{\rm break}})^{\gamma_1} (x=x_{\rm break}) \end{array} \right .\notag \end{equation} \end{document}