preamble.tex

% Copied from UMD mainthesis.tex 
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\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{cite}
\usepackage{lscape}
\usepackage{indentfirst}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{supertabular}
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\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{color,soul}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{parskip}
\usepackage{centernot}
\usepackage{longtable,booktabs}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage[group-separator={,}]{siunitx}
\usepackage{subfig}



% %This gets the chapter titles formatted correctly
% 
\usepackage{titlesec}
% \usepackage{apptools}
% \renewcommand\chaptertitlename{\IfAppendix{Appendix}{Chapter}}
\renewcommand\contentsname{Table of Contents}

\titleformat{\chapter}{\normalfont\large\bfseries}{\chaptertitlename\space \thechapter:}{1em}{}
\titleformat*{\section}{\large\large\itshape}
\titleformat*{\subsection}{\normalfont\normalsize\itshape}
\titleformat*{\subsubsection}{\normalfont\normalsize\itshape}

\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{*1.5}{*1.5}
\titlespacing*{\section}{0pt}{*1}{*1}
\titlespacing*{\subsection}{0pt}{*1}{*1}


% These lines append the bibliography to the table of contents
\usepackage{makeidx}
\makeindex
\usepackage{tocbibind}



% This makes it so that the inside/outside margin does not
% alternate pages
\usepackage{layout}
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{36pt}
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{36pt}
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\raggedbottom
\raggedright

% These make floating environments less
% likely to float
\renewcommand{\textfraction}{0.05}
\renewcommand{\topfraction}{0.8}
\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{0.8}
\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.75}


% Custom variables for equations ------------------------------  

\newcommand{\bigCI}{\mathrel{\text{\scalebox{1.07}{$\perp\mkern-10mu\perp$}}}}
\newcommand{\nbigCI}{\centernot{\bigCI}}

\newcommand{\CI}{\mathrel{\perp\mspace{-10mu}\perp}}
\newcommand{\nCI}{\centernot{\CI}}
\newcommand{\deltaexch}{\delta^\text{exch}}
\newcommand{\deltapos}{\delta^\text{pos}}
\newcommand{\deltacomp}{\delta^\text{comp}}

\newcommand{\deltahatexch}{\hat{\delta}^\text{exch}}
\newcommand{\deltahatpos}{\hat{\delta}^\text{pos}}
\newcommand{\deltahatcomp}{\hat{\delta}^\text{comp}}