\documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amssymb} \begin{document} $$ f(x) = \left\{\begin{array}{rlr} -1, & \text{for} & x \leq 0\\ +1, & \text{for} & x > 0\\ \end{array}\right\} \qquad x \in \mathbb{N} $$ $$ f(x) = \left\{\begin{array}{rlr} -1, & \text{for} & x \leq 0\\ +1, & \text{for} & x > 0\\ \end{array}\right. \qquad x \in \mathbb{N} $$ \end{document}