defs_thesis.tex

% Copyright (C) 2004 Paul Cochrane
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\newcommand {\tbf}[1] {\textbf{#1}}
\newcommand {\tit}[1] {\textit{#1}}
\newcommand {\tmd}[1] {\textmd{#1}}
\newcommand {\trm}[1] {\textrm{#1}}
\newcommand {\tsc}[1] {\textsc{#1}}
\newcommand {\tsf}[1] {\textsf{#1}}
\newcommand {\tsl}[1] {\textsl{#1}}
\newcommand {\ttt}[1] {\texttt{#1}}
\newcommand {\tup}[1] {\textup{#1}}

\newcommand {\mbf}[1] {\mathbf{#1}}
\newcommand {\mmd}[1] {\mathmd{#1}}
\newcommand {\mrm}[1] {\mathrm{#1}}
\newcommand {\msc}[1] {\mathsc{#1}}
\newcommand {\msf}[1] {\mathsf{#1}}
\newcommand {\msl}[1] {\mathsl{#1}}
\newcommand {\mtt}[1] {\mathtt{#1}}
\newcommand {\mup}[1] {\mathup{#1}}

\newcommand {\figwidth} {100mm}
\newcommand {\Ref}[1] {Reference~\cite{#1}}
\newcommand {\Sec}[1] {Section~\ref{#1}}
\newcommand {\App}[1] {Appendix~\ref{#1}}
\newcommand {\Chap}[1] {Chapter~\ref{#1}}
\newcommand {\etal} {\emph{~et~al.}}
\newcommand {\bul} {$\bullet$ }   % bullet
\newcommand {\fig}[1] {Figure~\ref{#1}}   % references Figure x
\newcommand {\imp} {$\Rightarrow$}   % implication symbol (default)
\newcommand {\impt} {$\Rightarrow$}   % implication symbol (text mode)
\newcommand {\impm} {\Rightarrow}   % implication symbol (math mode)
\newcommand {\vect}[1] {\mathbf{#1}}
\newcommand {\hvect}[1] {\hat{\mathbf{#1}}}
\newcommand {\del} {\partial}
\newcommand {\eqn}[1] {Equation~(\ref{#1})}
\newcommand {\tab}[1] {Table~\ref{#1}} % references Table x
\newcommand {\half} {\frac{1}{2}}
\newcommand {\ten}[1] {\times10^{#1}}
\newcommand {\bra}[2] {\mbox{}_{#2}\langle #1 |}
\newcommand {\ket}[2] {| #1 \rangle_{#2}}
\newcommand {\Bra}[2] {\mbox{}_{#2}\left.\left\langle #1 \right.\right|}
\newcommand {\Ket}[2] {\left.\left| #1 \right.\right\rangle_{#2}}
\newcommand {\im} {\mathrm{Im}}
\newcommand {\re} {\mathrm{Re}}
\newcommand {\braket}[4] {\mbox{}_{#3}\langle #1 | #2 \rangle_{#4}}
\newcommand {\dotprod}[4] {\mbox{}_{#3}\langle #1 | #2 \rangle_{#4}}
\newcommand {\trace}[1] {\text{tr}\left(#1\right)}

% spell things correctly
\newenvironment{centre}{\begin{center}}{\end{center}}
\newenvironment{itemise}{\begin{itemize}}{\end{itemize}}

\usepackage{play}
\usepackage[grey,times]{quotchap}
\usepackage{makeidx}

%%%%% set up the bibliography style
\bibliographystyle{uqthesis}  % uqthesis bibliography style file, made
			      % with makebst

%%%%% optional packages
\usepackage[square,comma,numbers,sort&compress]{natbib}
		% this is the natural sciences bibliography citation
		% style package.  The options here give citations in
		% the text as numbers in square brackets, separated by
		% commas, citations sorted and consecutive citations
		% compressed
		% output example: [1,4,12-15]

\usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind}
				% allows the table of contents, bibliography
				% and index to be added to the table of
				% contents if desired, the option used
				% here specifies that the table of
				% contents is not to be added.
				% tocbibind needs to be after natbib
				% otherwise bits of it get trampled.

\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb} % this is handy for mathematicians and physicists
			      % see http://www.ams.org/tex/amslatex.html

% \usepackage{showkeys} % this shows what labels you are using for cross
		      % references

\usepackage{graphicx} % standard graphics package for inclusion of
		      % images and eps files into LaTeX document

\usepackage{epsfig} % older graphics package for inclusion of eps
		    % files into LaTeX document

% this code hacked from that of R Chandrasekhar from UWA
\newif\ifpdf
\ifx\pdfoutput\undefined
	\pdffalse    % we are not running pdfLaTeX
\else
	\pdfoutput=1 % we are running pdfLaTeX
	\pdftrue
\fi

\ifpdf
	\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf}  % this command defined in graphicx
	\pdfcompresslevel=9  % 0: no compression, 9: highest compression
			     % or, set compress_level 9 in file pdftex.cfg
\else
	\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.ps}
\fi

% put in an index?
% \makeindex