tpepper_template.tex

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\def \binom{ \atopwithdelims ( )}

\input{macros}

%typeset as follows (can leave off the file's tex/dvi extensions here):
%  latex $filename
%  bibtex $filename
%  latex $filename
%  latex $filename
%  dvipdf $filename  (alternatively MacTex has "dvipdft" executable here)
%...share the $filename.pdf

\parindent 0pt             %No indentation at the start of each paragraph
\parskip 8pt               %5pt is the gap between paragraphs

\begin{document}

\title{PUT THE TITLE HERE}
\author{%  Authors, affiliations, and email addresses go here, like this:
Timothy Pepper - PUT THE COURSE HERE\\
{\ttfamily\normalsize tpepper@cs.pdx.edu}\\
} % end author section
\date{\today}


\maketitle

\begin{abstract}

The abstract goes here.

\end{abstract}

\section{Put a Section Title Here}

Put some text and always cite all your references\cite{vanmeter2006aiq}.
And some more text text text.

And a list is list this
\begin{itemize}
\item Foo
\item Bar
\item Baz
\end{itemize}

There is a lot that can be done with maths easily as well.
\[
\frac{\delta\rho}{\delta\textrm{t}} = L[\rho] \equiv -
\frac{i}{\hbar}[\textbf{H},\rho] + L_{D}[\rho]
\]
Who dilly:
\[
L_{D}[\rho] = \frac{1}{2} \sum_{\alpha,\beta=1}^{M} a_{\alpha\beta}
L_{\textbf{F}_{\alpha}\textbf{F}_{\beta}} [\rho]
\]
And then you may want to reference certain parts of the equations, like the
{\bf F} members or talk about Beryllium ions ($^{\textrm{9}}$Be$^{\textrm{+}}$).

You can literally go {\it crazy} with it.  Don't forget that ``quoting'' is
interesting.  And some characters (eg: \%) need escaping.

\section{Conclusion}

There probably needs to be a conclusion.

%bibtex makes life lovely...simple put the bibtex in mybib.bib
\bibliography{mybib}{}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\end{document}