I'm writing my thesis. I would like to insert the acknowledgments after the frontispiece and before the table of contents.
I write
\chapter*{Acknowledgments}
....
\thispagestyle{empty}
But the problem is that it appear in the table of contents and I don't want it. How can I do to exclude this chapter from the table of contents?
Indeed, the amsbook class defines \chapter* in such a way that an entry is added to the ToC. You need to define a special command “by hand”:
\documentclass[a4paper]{amsbook}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\makeatletter
\newcommand*\notocchapter[1]{%
\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
\thispagestyle{empty}\global\@topnum\z@
\@afterindenttrue
\let\@secnumber\@empty
\@makeschapterhead{#1}\@afterheading
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\notocchapter{Acknowledgments}
Thanks to everybody!
\chapter*{Introduction}
Introductory text.
\chapter{Genesis}
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
\chapter{Exodus}
These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob.
\end{document}
Edit: I’ve noticed that you want the empty page style on the acknowledgment page, so I’ve updated the above code accordingly.
\clear(double)pagebefore\printindex? – Bernard Jul 14 '16 at 10:35\chapter*{...}does not insert an entry in the table of contents, so an example is needed. What document class are you using? – egreg Jul 14 '16 at 10:48amsbook, but try, before the acknowledgments,\setcounter{tocnumdepth}{-1}, and put the whole in a group. – Bernard Jul 14 '16 at 11:00