# REVTeX: Avoid titlepage in single column mode

I have a simple document which uses the RevTeX 4.1 documentclass. When I use the twocolumn command in the documentclass, the text in the columns overlap, so I want to use a single column. However, when I remove the twocolumn option, the title gets printed on its own page, and I want to avoid this. Example:

\documentclass[amssymb, pra, 10pt, aps]{revtex4-1}
\usepackage{mathptmx, amsmath}

\begin{document}
\title{Sixth questions of the Putnam competition}
\maketitle
\begin{itemize}\item[1988 -- A6]
If a linear transformation $A$ on an $n$-dimensional vector space has $n+1$ eigenvectors such that any $n$ of them are linearly independent, does it follow that $A$ is a scalar multiple of the identity? Prove your answer.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}


This question is the converse of Creating title page in revtex with twocolumn layout.

• pass the option notitlepage? – Troy May 11 '18 at 21:24
• That was easier than expected... If you make that an answer I'll accept it! – Ruben May 11 '18 at 21:27

You just need to pass the notitlepage option to the document class.

\documentclass[amssymb, notitlepage, pra, 10pt, aps]{revtex4-1}
\usepackage{mathptmx, amsmath}

\begin{document}
\title{Sixth questions of the Putnam competition}
\maketitle
\begin{itemize}\item[1988 -- A6]
If a linear transformation $A$ on an $n$-dimensional vector space has $n+1$ eigenvectors such that any $n$ of them are linearly independent, does it follow that $A$ is a scalar multiple of the identity? Prove your answer.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}