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\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\input{prefix}%
\BibLatexMode{%
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\begin{document}
\title{Title of Paper}
\author{%
   James Bond%
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   Ford Perfect%
   \thanks{Bla bla.}%
}
\date{\today}
\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
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    One of the most annoying things about \LaTeX, and there are a lot,
    is how hard it is to just start writing math papers. This is an
    empty template intended to enable one to just start writing a
    paper. It uses my personal style, but might be useful for other people. It uses BibLatex by default. Search \texttt{DELETE} in the file to know which portion to delete when you start writing.
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\end{abstract}
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\section{Introduction}
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All the \LaTeX{} definitions/macros/etc are in the \texttt{prefix.tex} file. This makes this file a bit cleaner.
\begin{theorem}
    \thmlab{first}%
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    Bla bla.
\end{theorem}
\begin{proof}
    This is the proof.
    \[
    \sqrt{2} + \sqrt{2} = 2 \sqrt{2}.
    \]
\end{proof}
\james{It is extremely useful to leave comments in the text for your coauthors.}
\ford{And the other author might reply...}
\james{But one can still have the last word. }
See \thmref{first}.
\begin{lemma}
    \lemlab{second}.
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    This is a lemma.
\end{lemma}
See \lemref{second}.
\begin{definition}
    \deflab{number}
    A number is a \emphi{number}.
\end{definition}
See also \defref{number}.
\begin{remark}
    \remlab{useful}
    Remarks are useful sometime.
\end{remark}
Was \remref{useful} useful?
\section{Second section}
Do not forget to cite some irrelevant papers \cite{k-spda-10}.
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\section{More stuff}
Some math:
\begin{equation*}
    \Var{X}%
    =%
    \Ex{(X - \Ex{X})^2}.
\end{equation*}
Some definitions.
\begin{defn}
    \deflab{prime}%
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    An integer number $p > 1$ is \emphi{prime} if it is divisible
    only by $1$ or itself.
\end{defn}
A theorem:
\begin{theorem}
    \thmlab{main}% Label for the theorm
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    The number of primes is unbounded.
\end{theorem}
\begin{proof}
    Assume for the sake of contradiction that the number of primes is
    finite, say $k$, and let $1 < p_1< p_2 < \cdots < p_k$ be these
    primes. Observe that $N = p_1 \cdot p_2 \cdots p_k +1 > 1$ is
    indivisible by $p_1, \ldots, p_k$, and is larger than all these
    numbers. Thus, $N$ must be prime. A contradiction.
\end{proof}
\defref{prime} and \thmref{main} were both known to the Greeks. Well,
to some of the Greeks.
\bigskip
I prefer to use \texttt{enumitem} for creating lists:
\begin{compactenumI}
    \smallskip%
    \item One can create more compact lists.
    \smallskip%
    \item There is more control over labels.
\end{compactenumI}
\smallskip%
And another good reason is because:
\begin{compactenumI}[resume]
    \smallskip%
    \item One can resume the numbering.
\end{compactenumI}
\bigskip%
It is usually a good idea to let \LaTeX{} do its thing. Do not use
\textbackslash\textbackslash{} to end lines (common mistakes for
\LaTeX{} beginners). End a paragraph by having an empty line. If you
want a big space between two paragraphs, just put
\texttt{\textbackslash{big{}skip}} in a line on its own between th two
paragraphs.
\bigskip
Just like that.
\paragraph{Paragraphs.}
I like to title my paragraphs so that people know what the paragraph
is about. This is a personal style thing, as area lot of other writing
stuff. Follow what you like. More sectioning commands follow. If you
comment out the
\texttt{\textbackslash{}def\textbackslash{}UseBibLatex{1}} then the
system would use bibtex instead.
\subsection{A subsection}
\subsection{A lemma example}
\begin{lemma}
    This is a lemma.
\end{lemma}
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\section{Bibliography}
Nowadays, I like to use \texttt{biblatex}, but it is somewhat more
painful to use than \texttt{bibtex}. The big advantage of
\texttt{biblatex} that it is highly configurable if you are willing to
spend the energy to learn it. It does much better work than
\texttt{bibtex}. I highly recommend getting your bibtex entry from
DBLP, since they have the \texttt{doi} information -- this implies
that you get a link to the paper in \texttt{biblatex} or
\texttt{bibtex} if you use the right style.
Anyway, here is an example of a citation \cite{k-spda-10}.
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\section*{Acknowledgments}
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Thank everyone.
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\BibLatexMode{\printbibliography}
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