Questions tagged [thesis]
{thesis} sometimes referred to as dissertation – a document written by students as part of their degree fulfillment. Use this tag for questions related to thesis-specific requirements.
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Issue with the margin in a thesis
I'm currently working on my thesis, and I'm encountering an issue with the margin. The margin on both sides is not consistent, and I'd like to adjust it to be the same on both sides and appear ...
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How to restate some theorems in the preface of a thesis? [duplicate]
In a PhD thesis we have to write a preface wherein some significant theorems from the main body of the thesis are needed to be restated. The amstools or thm-restate package does not help me in this ...
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R Markdown thesisdown fix(?) indentation
Using thesisdown to write my Masterthesis I was wondering about the default indentations of the package: If you check the pictures below, all the pages (of the default 'knitted' thesisdown rmd-files) ...
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Managing Longtable with Single-Row Contents Exceeding One Page's Length and Being Truncated
I have a long table which I need to include in my thesis appendix.
However, I'm encountering an issue where, within certain rows, I have a list of genes that span over an entire page. Instead of these ...
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Should math papers be hand written before using LaTeX? [closed]
When I'm not writing a math paper, I write way faster by typing directly into a word processor. I form and revise sentences faster on the screen then I can on paper.
But typesetting math is slower ...
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using @starttoc causes Package tocloft Warning: \@starttoc has already been redefined;
I am required to use a .cls (minimized code below) which produces this warning:
Package tocloft Warning: @starttoc has already been redefined; tocloft bailing out. on input line 1156.
Any thoughts on ...
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Appendix Incorrect Format
My latex file looks as follows: I have a main.tex that includes the packages and all ingredients of a thesis (here for minimum running example only one chapter and importantly the appendix).
% Create ...
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Texstudio bibtex compile chapterwise bib file
I am writing a thesis in Latex that include different chapters with separate tex files. Note the following:
Folder structure
├── Chapters
│ └── Chapter1
│ ├── chapter1.tex
│ └── mybib....
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Change language in one page to arabic when using MasterDoctoralThesis
In the masters-doctoral-thesis template, the language is chosen when the document class is called in the main and is applied to the whole thesis. However, I would like to mention some proverbs in ...
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Formatting Appendix in Table of Contents For Thesis
I have
%-----------------------APPENDICES----------------------------%
\phantomsection
\begin{appendices}
\subfile{subfiles/appendices}
\end{appendices}
The output is
But my aim is to have Appendix ...
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Page Numbering in Table of Contents is wrong
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Problem with \chapter* and fncychap in book class
I am writing a PhD thesis in the book class, and using the fncychap package to format chapter titles. The MWE is attached below. The problem I am encountering is that I want the dedication and ...
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How to insert appendices in a book class document under a given latex template?--Xelatex compiler
I am using a latex template to complete my thesis. I would like to insert appendix in my thesis, like "Appendix A, Appendix B". I would very appreciate if someone tell me how to insert ...
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create a new environment by modifiying figure environment so that title will have the name Plate instead of Figure
I am currently working on my Ph.D. thesis and require assistance in creating an environment where I can insert a figure. However, I need the title of the figure to be named "Plate" instead. ...
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Why is the text loading from the bottom and there is significant padding in between sections?
I'm writing my master's thesis and am using a template uploaded to Overleaf. However, when I compile some text in a section there is this really random padding and the the text loads from the bottom ...
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Help with chapter bibliography and general bibliography in thesis [duplicate]
I am submitting my PhD thesis and our department requires a separate bibliography for each chapter that contains an article, I have got 4 chapters, the first chapter is a literature review (not an ...
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Can't build an included file, using texstudio [closed]
I'm doing my thesis in LaTeX, and have multiple chapters, separated in different .tex files and included in the main.tex using \include{}, which worked normally, and I can build it, without returning ...
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Big copyright footnote on every page of my document
I am currently starting to write my internship thesis. The company where I am doing my internship wants a copyright (text of several lines) to appear at the bottom of each page of the report (except ...
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Depend on the "compilation" of another file with latexmk
I was given a project to build a thesis document which has a cover.tex and a main.tex.
The cover.tex generates the necessary covers to comply with the institution's style.
The main.tex file imports ...
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how to write sections 3.1 , 3.2 instead of 0.3.1 or 0.3.2 [closed]
Im writing my thesis and I have a thesis writing guide from my university but when ı compile it the sections shown as 0.1 ,0.2 and the subsections as 0.1.2 etc. . I dont want it to look like that , ...
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Foreign Characters Lost in Title
I am working on XeLaTeX documents, with some Chinese characters involved. After compiling, part of the title characters are replaced by "". (There is an example below, squares should be some ...
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Problem with acro package Latex (The key 'acro/short-format' is unknown and is being ignored. })
\RequirePackage[printonlyused, withpage]{acro}
\acsetup{
format = \emph,
% format = {\textcolor{blue}},
short-format = {\textcolor{blue}},
templates/colspec = longtable
}
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Acronymns in plural and full length in latex, after the first instance of using it in the text
With each new chapter of my thesis I need to redefine most acronyms.
I can use \glsfirst{bmi} to print "body mass index (BMI)" in my compiled file.
When I want the plural I use \glspl{bmi} ...
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Writing chapter number using tikz
I'm looking to write the chapter number in roman using tikz.
I tried to double the rule, and add the tikz node, but it didn't work properly.
This is the example I'm aiming to ''resemble'', at least.
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Can't compile - Undefined control sequence
I am writing my thesis, and I can't understand what is the problem because the spelling seems correct to me. Maybe its the report document class that is the problem. I really don't understand.
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Modifying alignment of chapter title in Harvard PhD Thesis LaTeX Template
I am trying to use "PhD Thesis and Dissertation LaTeX Templates for Harvard, Princeton and New York University (NYU)" available here but there are so many layers and folders and files, which ...
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Numbering of theorems, lemmas, definitions, examples, etc for thesis
I am trying to work on the numbering of the theorems/definitions/lemmas etc., and I have some problems with the numbering.
I would like the theorems, propositions, corollaries, definitions, ...
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How to input folders into latex?
I'm trying to compile my PhD thesis which contains three chapters.
The relevant preamble I'm using is
\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage{titling}
\usepackage{graphicx}
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Add long chapter name in table of content instead of short verision
I am using \documentclass{scrreprt}.
Now I have \Chapter[short-title A]{complete-title B}, how can I display the complete-title B in the table of content instead of displaying the short-title A?
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Compilation error while compiling the thesis main file
I am trying to compile the main file of the thesis, which uses \include to add each chapter. I got this following error (The error said that it is related to the .toc file).
Would any one kindly ...
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Could there be a blank space between a section and a subsection?
I want to know if the following is allowed, not just in LaTeX, but in some "writing rules", I guess it's a typography matter or some kind of, maybe it could be even different between ...
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How to create a notation list
I want to create a list of notations and symbols like this:
However, I cannot find any post or website that shows how to do this. Is there any macro that I can use to format my list in this way? If ...
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Error in \makecert in westernthesis.tex:
I get an error for the \makecert line in my latex thesis file in westernthesis:
% \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Certificate of Examination}
% \makecert
Could anyone help? I receive an error saying:
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How to type a document in LATEX [duplicate]
So, I completed my masters from a poor country and there was no one to tell ( including my advisor) to write masters thesis in LATEX.
I wrote my thesis in MS word.
I am now applying to West for PhD ...
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Adding a second supervisor
I would like to add a second supervisor to my phd thesis. I'm using the command:
\newcommand*{\supervisor}[1]{\def\supname{#1}}
\supervisor{Fernando Rubio Diez}
And referring it in my .tex document:
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Avoid hyphenation in the whole latex document while reducing Underfull and Overfull \hbox warnings
I am writing my thesis using Latex and I don't want it to break words at the end of the lines (in the whole document). For this I added \usepackage[none]{hyphenat} in my preamble.
It worked, but in ...
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Combining multiple research papers with different bibliographies each for a PhD thesis
I am currently finishing my PhD thesis, so i want to combine my different research papers to a single pdf (i.e. the thesis).
As was recommended in several threads here, I am using report as the ...
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How can I make the "References" section more than one page long using Bibtex [duplicate]
I am using Bibtex for my citations in my thesis. Everything works fine, but the "References/ Bibliography" section at the end of my article is capped at 1 pages long. I have more than 8 ...
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Should I put comma between two successive equations?
I am writing my thesis and I am confused about where to put commas or not. I am aware that equations follow the same grammatical rules as text. I am giving a simple example below where I am defining ...
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Memoir - Feature request - custom spacing for quote environments
I am in he process of writing a dissertation with memoir. This is the third time I use memoir for my research production and it really preserved my sanity.
Now, due to the very peculiar rules of the ...
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What is the used and package of next command line \addtocontents{toc}{\vspace{2em}}?
Supposed me that line command is to Add a gap in the Contents, for aesthetics but also am search the line command that realize the blank page in my document so think that these the line command that ...
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Thesis Format problem [closed]
I'm writing my dissertation, but it getting missed with the format because the number starts from 0 for each section, and I want to start from 1.
Also, the paragraphs start from the center. Here is my ...
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Changing my chapter heading style and would like to add some text below the heading and before starting the content
Currently, my PhD thesis chapter heading looks like
But I would like to make it like or something stylish, but I have to write some text between the chapter name and the starting actual content of ...
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"Undefined Control Sequence" but compiles fine? Using custom class
I am implementing a custom document class for my PhD dissertation. In it, I have clearly defined certain commands, e.g. \maketitle (renewed command) and \makeapproval. When I try to compile my main ...
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Best way to deal with many small pictures [closed]
I have a document which looks like this
As you probably noticed I have lots of small pictures and because I have a one-column layout (I want to keep using it, at least as default for the whole ...
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How can I get LaTeX chemnum package to work alongside .png images?
I have been trying (for too long now) to get LaTeX to automatically label chemical compounds in my document in overleaf in combination with being able to add .png images using the \insertgraphics ...
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Removing Unwanted Blank Page after TOC in a Modified Document Class
I am using a modified document class for writing a thesis. There is an unwanted blank page coming immediately after TOC and before the Introduction chapter, which spoils the pagination in my document ...
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\member location
I have been trying to finish my thesis and have a few errors that I could not have solved yet. I want to align my committee members' names to the left side. How can I do it? This is how it looks like. ...
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Errors with mini toc in scrbook
This may look like a very silly question, but I honestly have no idea what stupid mistake I have in my files.
I am using this template. The template is filled in with lipsum text, and it does not show ...
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Digital text disappeared of pdf in Latex. Why? [duplicate]
I am just trying to incroporate PDF into Latex by either using:
%\includepdf[pages={1}]{example.pdf}
OR
%\includegraphics[
% page= 1,
%width=\textwidth,
%height=\textheight,
%keepaspectratio,
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