Math Problem Set Template
Author
Jonathan, David
License
Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
Abstract
This is a template for mathematics problem sets, it contains a number of useful macros
% Jonathan Ward
\documentclass[11pt]{book}
\usepackage{amsmath} % AMS Math Package
\usepackage{amsthm} % Theorem Formatting
\usepackage{amssymb} % Math symbols such as \mathbb
\usepackage{graphicx} % Allows for eps images
\usepackage{multicol} % Allows for multiple columns
\usepackage[dvips,letterpaper,margin=1in,bottom=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{mathrsfs}
\usepackage{amsmath,amscd}
\usepackage[all,cmtip]{xy}
\usepackage{bbm}
\newcommand*{\titleGM}{\begingroup % Create the command for including the title page in the document
\hbox{ % Horizontal box
\hspace*{0.2\textwidth} % Whitespace to the left of the title page
\rule{1pt}{\textheight} % Vertical line
\hspace*{0.05\textwidth} % Whitespace between the vertical line and title page text
\parbox[b]{0.75\textwidth}{ % Paragraph box which restricts text to less than the width of the page
{\noindent\Huge\bfseries The Template \\}\\[2\baselineskip] % Title
{\large \textit{The Topic}}\\[4\baselineskip] % Tagline or further description
{\large \textsc{ Jonathan Ward }} % Author name
\vspace{0.5\textheight} % Whitespace between the title block and the publisher
{\noindent The Season }\\[\baselineskip] % Publisher and logo
}}
\endgroup}
% Sets margins and page size
\pagestyle{empty} % Removes page numbers
\makeatletter % Need for anything that contains an @ command
\renewcommand{\maketitle} % Redefine maketitle to conserve space
{ \begingroup \vskip 10pt \begin{center} \Huge {\bf \@title}
\vskip 10pt \large \@author \hskip 20pt \@date \end{center}
\vskip 10pt \endgroup \setcounter{footnote}{0} }
\makeatother % End of region containing @ commands
\renewcommand{\labelenumi}{(\alph{enumi})} % Use letters for enumerate
% \DeclareMathOperator{\Sample}{Sample}
\let\vaccent=\v % rename builtin command \v{} to \vaccent{}
\renewcommand{\v}[1]{\ensuremath{\mathbf{#1}}} % for vectors
\newcommand{\gv}[1]{\ensuremath{\mbox{\boldmath$ #1 $}}}
% for vectors of Greek letters
\newcommand{\uv}[1]{\ensuremath{\mathbf{\hat{#1}}}} % for unit vector
\newcommand{\abs}[1]{\left| #1 \right|} % for absolute value
\newcommand{\avg}[1]{\left< #1 \right>} % for average
\let\underdot=\d % rename builtin command \d{} to \underdot{}
\renewcommand{\d}[2]{\frac{d #1}{d #2}} % for derivatives
\newcommand{\dd}[2]{\frac{d^2 #1}{d #2^2}} % for double derivatives
\newcommand{\pd}[2]{\frac{\partial #1}{\partial #2}}
% for partial derivatives
\newcommand{\pdd}[2]{\frac{\partial^2 #1}{\partial #2^2}}
% for double partial derivatives
\let\baraccent=\= % rename builtin command \= to \baraccent
\renewcommand{\=}[1]{\stackrel{#1}{=}} % for putting numbers above =
\providecommand{\wave}[1]{\v{\tilde{#1}}}
\providecommand{\fr}{\frac}
\providecommand{\RR}{\mathbb{R}}
\providecommand{\CC}{\mathbb{C}}
\providecommand{\NN}{\mathbb{N}}
\providecommand{\e}{\epsilon}
\newcount\colveccount
\newcommand*\colvec[1]{
\global\colveccount#1
\begin{pmatrix}
\colvecnext
}
\def\colvecnext#1{
#1
\global\advance\colveccount-1
\ifnum\colveccount>0
\\
\expandafter\colvecnext
\else
\end{pmatrix}
\fi
}
\newtheorem{prop}{Proposition}
\newtheorem{thm}{Theorem}[section]
\newtheorem{problem}{Problem}[section]
\usepackage{cancel}
\newtheorem*{lem}{Lemma}
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem*{dfn}{Definition}
\theoremstyle{remark}
\newtheorem*{rmk}{Remark}
\newenvironment{solution}{%\small%
\begin{trivlist} \item \textit{Solution}. }{%
\hspace*{\fill} $\blacksquare$\end{trivlist}}
\pagestyle{myheadings}
% ***********************************************************
% ********************** END HEADER *************************
% ***********************************************************
\begin{document}
\titleGM
\end{document}