Latex Beamer same reference on different slides with footcite

Question

I use the customized footcite command from Inline citations with only author, title and year:

\newcommand{\customcite}[1]{\citeauthor{#1}, \citetitle{#1}, \citeyear{#1}}

My problem is now, when I have the same reference on multiple slides, the footnote number is increased. I would like to have the same number for the same source on every slide where it appears.

I found something with savefootnote, but this seems to be very complicated: Beamer: multiple references to the same footnote. Also, it is only possible to store one reference at a time, but I would like to have 3 references each on 2 pages.

MWE:

\documentclass[11pt]{beamer}
%\documentclass[handout,11pt]{beamer}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usetheme{Madrid}


% literature
% only for this example, otherwise in .bib file
\usepackage{filecontents}

\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{Harshman1970,
    author = {and others Harshman, Richard A},
    doi = {10.1134/S0036023613040165},
    file = {:C$\backslash$:/Users/Isi/Documents/Research/Tensors/TensorsDocumentation/Literature/Harshman{\_}CPD.pdf:pdf},
    issn = {00360236},
    journal = {UCLA Working Papers in Phonetics},
    pages = {1--84},
    title = {{Foundations of the PARAFAC procedure: Models and conditions for an" explanatory" multimodal factor analysis}},
    volume = {16},
    year = {1970}
}
@article{Hitchcock1927,
    author = {Hitchcock, Frank L.},
    doi = {10.1002/sapm192761164},
    file = {:C$\backslash$:/Users/Isi/Documents/Research/Tensors/TensorsDocumentation/Literature/Hitchcock{\_}cpd.pdf:pdf},
    issn = {0097-1421},
    journal = {Journal of Mathematics and Physics},
    number = {1-4},
    pages = {164--189},
    title = {{The Expression of a Tensor or a Polyadic as a Sum of Products}},
    volume = {6},
    year = {1927}
}
@article{Carroll1970,
    doi = {10.1007/BF02310791},
    file = {:C$\backslash$:/Users/Isi/Documents/Research/Tensors/TensorsDocumentation/Literature/Carrol{\_}Chang{\_}CPD.pdf:pdf},
    issn = {00333123},
    journal = {Psychometrika},
    number = {3},
    pages = {283--319},
    title = {{Analysis of individual differences in multidimensional scaling via an n-way generalization of "Eckart-Young" decomposition}},
    volume = {35},
    year = {1970}
}

\end{filecontents}

\usepackage[style=verbose,backend=bibtex]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\newcommand{\customfootcite}[1]{\footnote{\citeauthor{#1}, \citetitle{#1}, \citeyear{#1}}}



\begin{document}
    \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}

    \begin{frame}{Slide 1\customfootcite{Harshman1970}\customfootcite{Hitchcock1927}\customfootcite{Carroll1970}}
        some text
    \end{frame}

    \begin{frame}{Slide 2\customfootcite{Harshman1970}\customfootcite{Hitchcock1927}\customfootcite{Carroll1970}}
    some figure
    \end{frame}

\end{document}

Gives this:

I want the second slide to have the numbers 1,2,3 again (instead of 4,5,6).

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

I suggest to use as a footnote symbol the number that could be used in the bibliography with a numeric style. So if you want to print the bibliography at the end of your presentation yo will have something coherent.

I also recommand to use a \DeclareCiteCommand which is more flexible than a usual \newcommand. It can also be useful to use biber rather than bibtex option.

Just for the record, I think you have a problem with the author name of your bib entry Carroll1970.

So here is my suggestion, with some extra footnote to test the different styles plus an extra slide to print the bibliography:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

% literature
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{Harshman1970,
    author = {and others Harshman, Richard A},
    doi = {10.1134/S0036023613040165},
    issn = {00360236},
    journal = {UCLA Working Papers in Phonetics},
    pages = {1--84},
    title = {{Foundations of the PARAFAC procedure: Models and conditions for an" explanatory" multimodal factor analysis}},
    volume = {16},
    year = {1970}
}
@article{Hitchcock1927,
    author = {Hitchcock, Frank L.},
    doi = {10.1002/sapm192761164},
    issn = {0097-1421},
    journal = {Journal of Mathematics and Physics},
    number = {1-4},
    pages = {164--189},
    title = {{The Expression of a Tensor or a Polyadic as a Sum of Products}},
    volume = {6},
    year = {1927}
}
@article{Carroll1970,
    doi = {10.1007/BF02310791},
    author = {Carroll, Chang},
    issn = {00333123},
    journal = {Psychometrika},
    number = {3},
    pages = {283--319},
    title = {{Analysis of individual differences in multidimensional scaling via an n-way generalization of "Eckart-Young" decomposition}},
    volume = {35},
    year = {1970}
}
\end{filecontents}

% Change the footnote style with letters to avoid confusion.
\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\alph{footnote}}

% Add sorting=None to keep the calling order.
\usepackage[style=numeric, sorting=none, backend=bibtex]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

% Change the style of the printing biblio to let appear the numbers like in the footnote
\setbeamertemplate{bibliography item}{\insertbiblabel}

% Define the new cite command using the footnote
\DeclareCiteCommand{\testcommand}
    {\usebibmacro{prenote}} 
    {%
        \renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\arabic{footnote}}% Switch to footnote with numbers.
        \footnotemark[\thefield{labelnumber}]% Add the mark corresponding to the number entry.
        \footnotetext[\thefield{labelnumber}]{%  Add the footnote text with same number entry.
            \printnames{labelname}% The name 
            \setunit{\printdelim{nametitledelim}}% separator
            \printfield[citetitle]{labeltitle}% The title
            \setunit{\addperiod\space}% separator
            \printfield{year}% The year
        }%
        \renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\alph{footnote}}% Switch back to footnote with letters.
    }
    {\multicitedelim}
    {\usebibmacro{postnote}}

\DeclareCiteCommand{\secondcommand}
    {\usebibmacro{prenote}} 
    {%
        \renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\arabic{footnote}}% Switch to footnote with numbers.
        \footnotemark[\thefield{labelnumber}]% Add the mark corresponding to the number entry.
        \renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\alph{footnote}}% Switch back to footnote with letters.
    }
    {\multicitedelim}
    {\usebibmacro{postnote}}


\begin{document}
    \begin{frame}{Slide 1\testcommand{Harshman1970}\testcommand{Hitchcock1927}\testcommand{Carroll1970}}
        some text \footnote{test} 
    \end{frame}

    \begin{frame}{Slide 2\testcommand{Harshman1970}\testcommand{Hitchcock1927}\testcommand{Carroll1970}}
        some figure \footnote{test}  
    \end{frame}

    \begin{frame}{Slide 2\testcommand{Harshman1970}\testcommand{Hitchcock1927}\testcommand{Carroll1970}}
            some figure \footnote{test}  
            Some citation \secondcommand{Hitchcock1927}
    \end{frame}

    \begin{frame}[noframenumbering,plain,allowframebreaks]{References}
        \printbibliography[heading=none]
    \end{frame}

\end{document}

Edit

The secondcommand can be used in case of multiple citation on the same slide. Otherwise you will get several time the same footnote.