\documentclass{article} \input tmp.inputs \pagestyle{empty} \usepackage{amssymb,amsbsy} \begin{document} $ \IR^3 = \left\{ {\psframebox*[fillcolor=darkyellow, linestyle=none]{{\left( {a_1 , \ldots \rnode[t]{ae},a_n } \right)}}} {|a_1 , \ldots a_n \in \IR} \right\} $\\[5mm] % \rnode{a}{n-Tupel}% \nccurve[angleA=-45]{->}{a}{ae} \end{document}