%%% This file contains definitions of various useful macros and environments %%% %%% Please add more macros here instead of cluttering other files with them. %%% %%% Minor tweaks of style % These macros employ a little dirty trick to convince LaTeX to typeset % chapter headings sanely, without lots of empty space above them. % Feel free to ignore. \makeatletter \def\@makechapterhead#1{ {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont \Huge\bfseries \thechapter. #1 \par\nobreak \vskip 20\p@ }} \def\@makeschapterhead#1{ {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont \Huge\bfseries #1 \par\nobreak \vskip 20\p@ }} \makeatother % This macro defines a chapter, which is not numbered, but is included % in the table of contents. \def\chapwithtoc#1{ \chapter*{#1} \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1} } % Draw black "slugs" whenever a line overflows, so that we can spot it easily. \overfullrule=1mm %%% Macros for definitions, theorems, claims, examples, ... (requires amsthm package) \theoremstyle{plain} \newtheorem{thm}{Theorem} \newtheorem{lemma}[thm]{Lemma} \newtheorem{claim}[thm]{Claim} \theoremstyle{plain} \newtheorem{defn}{Definition} \theoremstyle{remark} \newtheorem*{cor}{Corollary} \newtheorem*{rem}{Remark} \newtheorem*{example}{Example} %%% An environment for proofs \newenvironment{myproof}{ \par\medskip\noindent \textit{Proof}. }{ \newline \rightline{$\qedsymbol$} } %%% An environment for typesetting of program code and input/output %%% of programs. (Requires the fancyvrb package -- fancy verbatim.) \DefineVerbatimEnvironment{code}{Verbatim}{fontsize=\small, frame=single} %%% The field of all real and natural numbers \newcommand{\R}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\N}{\mathbb{N}} %%% Useful operators for statistics and probability \DeclareMathOperator{\pr}{\textsf{P}} \DeclareMathOperator{\E}{\textsf{E}\,} \DeclareMathOperator{\var}{\textrm{var}} \DeclareMathOperator{\sd}{\textrm{sd}} %%% Transposition of a vector/matrix \newcommand{\T}[1]{#1^\top} %%% Various math goodies \newcommand{\goto}{\rightarrow} \newcommand{\gotop}{\stackrel{P}{\longrightarrow}} \newcommand{\maon}[1]{o(n^{#1})} \newcommand{\abs}[1]{\left|{#1}\right|} \newcommand{\dint}{\int_0^\tau\!\!\int_0^\tau} \newcommand{\isqr}[1]{\frac{1}{\sqrt{#1}}} %%% Various table goodies \newcommand{\pulrad}[1]{\raisebox{1.5ex}[0pt]{#1}} \newcommand{\mc}[1]{\multicolumn{1}{c}{#1}}