With the original gauss.sty code,
\begin{align*}
\begin{gmatrix}[p]
3 & \displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^n & 5 \\
1 & 2 & \displaystyle\frac{1}{2}
\end{gmatrix}
\end{align*}
renders

whilst just using pmatrix from AMS LaTeX, i.e.
\begin{align*}
\begin{pmatrix}
3 & \displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^n & 5 \\
1 & 2 & \displaystyle\frac{1}{2}
\end{pmatrix}
\end{align*}
yields

Both do not appear to be optimally rendered but the gauss.sty example is significantly worse than the AMS LaTeX one. This overflow should be fixed.
With the original
gauss.stycode,renders
whilst just using
pmatrixfrom AMS LaTeX, i.e.yields
Both do not appear to be optimally rendered but the
gauss.styexample is significantly worse than the AMS LaTeX one. This overflow should be fixed.