Official Thesis/Dissertation (Major, Minor, etc.) LaTeX template for all students (BS-MS/MSc/PhD/IPhD) of all backgrounds (PCMB) under Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram. Regularly updated.
Direct all queries and suggestions to : nikhil.alexv17@alumni.iisertvm.ac.in
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% Official IISER Thiruvananthapuram Thesis/Dissertation Format
% LaTeX Template for Overleaf
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% Copyright (c) 2022 by Nikhil Alex Verghese, BS-MS '17, IISER Thiruvananthapuram
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% READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS (presented as comments) IN EACH TEX FILE CAREFULLY.
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% PREAMBLE (PACKAGES AND DOCUMENT CONFIGURATION) %
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% Set the font size (in pt) and paper size (letterpaper, a4paper, etc)
\documentclass[12pt,a4wide]{report}
\oddsidemargin 0.5cm \evensidemargin 0.5cm
\marginparwidth 40pt \marginparsep 10pt
\topmargin 0pt \headsep 40pt
\textheight 635pt \textwidth 450pt
\usepackage{amsthm,amssymb,mathrsfs,setspace,booktabs}
\usepackage{mathtools,amsmath,nccmath}
% UNCOMMENT REQUIRED PACKAGES.
% CAREFULLY REMOVE UNNECESSARY PACKAGES TO DECREASE COMPILE TIME.
% READ ALL ASSOCIATED PACKAGE HELP FILES BEFORE USE.
\usepackage{pstricks} % PSTricks offers an extensive collection of quick and easy macros for generating PostScript including macros for colour, graphics, pie charts, rotation, trees and overlays. (https://ctan.org/pkg/pstricks-base?lang=en)
\usepackage{tikz} % Used in Images/Figures/3D_Cone.tex, disable if not needed
% tikz package for drawing graphs and diagrams [XY-pic is now outdated]
% (https://ctan.org/pkg/tikz?lang=en)
%\usepackage{tikz-cd} % Commutative Diagrams with Tikz, primarily for linear algebra.
% (https://ctan.org/pkg/tikz-cd?lang=en)
%\usepackage{pgfplots} % pgfplots with tikz package is used to portray detailed 2D and 3D function plots and graph data with a high degree of customization. (https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Pgfplots_package)
% (https://ctan.org/pkg/pgfplots?lang=en)
%\usepackage{footmisc} % footmisc package for more control over typesetting footnotes.
% (https://ctan.org/pkg/footmisc?lang=en)
\usepackage{hyperref} % hyperref package for creating reliable hyperlinks and referral links.
% (https://ctan.org/pkg/hypperref?lang=en)
\usepackage{appendix} % appendix package for appendix-related formatting.
% (https://ctan.org/pkg/appendix?lang=en)
%\usepackage{listofsymbols} % listofsymbols package for establishing a legend for any symbols used.
% (https://ctan.org/pkg/listofsymbols?lang=en)
\usepackage{caption} % caption package for better control over figure and table captions.
% (https://ctan.org/pkg/caption?lang=en)
%\usepackage{booktabs} % The booktabs package allows better control over tables including ruling, width, etc. (https://ctan.org/pkg/booktabs?lang=en)
\usepackage[style=verbose]{biblatex} % biblatex package for bibliography-related.
% (https://ctan.org/pkg/biblatex?lang=en)
\usepackage{fancyhdr} % fancyhdr package gives better control over headers and footers.
% (https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Headers_and_footers)
%\pagestyle{fancy} % Enable for quick header and footer throughout your document.
\usepackage{multicol} % multicol package allows the use of columns in your documents.
% (https://ctan.org/pkg/multicol?lang=en)
\usepackage{geometry} % geometry package for absolute control over the dimensions of the usable space on a page.
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\usepackage{xcolor} % xcolor package for better control over colours.
% (https://ctan.org/pkg/xcolor?lang=en)
\hypersetup{
colorlinks,
linkcolor={blue!50!black},
citecolor={blue!50!black},
urlcolor={blue!80!black}
}
\usepackage{graphicx} % Provides additional control over the \includegraphics command
% (https://ctan.org/pkg/graphicx)
\usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind} % Adds LoF and LoT to ToC
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\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{#1}{}}
\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection\ #1}}
\setlength{\parskip}{1em plus 0.25em minus 0.25em}
\theoremstyle{plain}
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section]
\newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma}
\newtheorem{corollary}[theorem]{Corollary}
\newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition}
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem{definition}[theorem]{Definition}
\newtheorem{example}[theorem]{Example}
\newtheorem{notation}[theorem]{Notation}
\theoremstyle{remark}
\newtheorem{remark}[theorem]{Remark}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5}
% The following command redefines the /today command to only provide the month and year.
\renewcommand{\today}{\ifcase \month \or January\or February\or March\or April\or May%
\or June\or July\or August\or September\or October\or November\or December\fi\:%
\number \year}
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% Abbreviations, Constants and Symbols %
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% Uncomment lines for enabling the use of abbreviations in 07_Abbrev,Const,Symbols.tex
\usepackage{longtable}
\newcommand\listsymbolname{Abbreviations}
\newcommand\listofsymbols[2]{
\btypeout{\listsymbolname}
\addtotoc{\listsymbolname}
\chapter*{\listsymbolname
\@mkboth{
\MakeUppercase\listsymbolname}{\MakeUppercase\listsymbolname}}
\begin{longtable}[c]{#1}#2\end{longtable}\par
\cleardoublepage
}
% Uncomment lines for enabling the use of constants in 07_Abbrev,Const,Symbols.tex
%\newcommand\listconstants{Physical Constants}
%\newcommand\listofconstants[2]{
%\btypeout{\listconstants}
%\addtotoc{\listconstants}
% \chapter*{\listconstants
% \@mkboth{
% \MakeUppercase\listconstants}{\MakeUppercase\listconstants}}
%\begin{longtable}[c]{#1}#2\end{longtable}\par
% \cleardoublepage
%}
% Uncomment lines for enabling the use of symbols in 07_Abbrev,Const,Symbols.tex
%\newcommand\listnomenclature{Symbols}
%\newcommand\listofnomenclature[2]{
%\btypeout{\listnomenclature}
%\addtotoc{\listnomenclature}
% \chapter*{\listnomenclature
% \@mkboth{
% \MakeUppercase\listnomenclature}{\MakeUppercase\listnomenclature}}
%\begin{longtable}[c]{#1}#2\end{longtable}\par
% \cleardoublepage
%}
% Uncomment for some standard notations in math as required
% \displaystyle or \ds lets you switch back the display style to default, during,
% say, a cascading fraction
%\DeclarePairedDelimiter\ceil{\lceil}{\rceil}
%\DeclarePairedDelimiter\floor{\lfloor}{\rfloor}
%\DeclarePairedDelimiter\norm{\left\lVert}{\right\rVert}
%\newcommand{\reals}{\mathbb R}
%\newcommand{\complex}{\mathbb C}
%\newcommand{\rational}{\mathbb Q}
%\newcommand{\int}{\mathbb Z}
%\newcommand{\nat}{\mathbb N}
%\newcommand{\jacobian}{\mathcal J}
%\newcommand{\bigzero}{\mbox{\normalfont\Large\bfseries 0}}
%\newcommand{\ds}{\displaystyle}
%\newcommand{\Ll}{\mathbb L}
%\newcommand{\la}{\lambda}
%\newcommand{\cof}{\textup{cof }}
%\newcommand{\dsum}{\displaystyle\sum}
%\newcommand{\1}{\mathbf 1}
\addbibresource{ref.bib}
\begin{document}
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% CUSTOM INPUT FIELDS ARE MARKED WITH [] IN THE INTRO SECTIONS.
% REWRITE INPUTS ACCORDING TO CAPITALIZATION WITHIN BRACKETS (First Letter Capital/ALL UPPERCASE/all small letters).
% GO THROUGH EACH INTRO PAGE AND UPDATE ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION ACCORDINGLY.
% READ ALL UNCOMMENTED LINES CAREFULLY.
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\input{00_Intro_Pages/01_TitlePage}
\input{00_Intro_Pages/02_Declaration}
% Switch from 03a_Certificate to 03b_Certificate for a fancier format.
\input{00_Intro_Pages/03a_Certificate}
% \input{00_Intro_Pages/03b_Certificate}
\input{00_Intro_Pages/04_Acknowledgements}
\input{00_Intro_Pages/05_Abstract}
\input{00_Intro_Pages/06_ToC,LoF,LoT}
\input{00_Intro_Pages/07_Abbrev,Const,Symbols}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\setcounter{page}{1}
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\input{Chapters/01_Introduction}
%\input{Chapters/02_Chapter2}
%\input{Chapters/03_Chapter3}
% You can either break down your chapter(s) into multiple TeX files or keep it all in one file
% and quickly move between sections and subsections using 'the File Outline' box at the bottom
% left of the screen.
% Disable the next few lines if you do not require an appendix
\appendix
\appendixpage
\addappheadtotoc
\input{Appendices/A_AppA.tex}
% This sets in the bibliography. Refer to ref.bib for some convenient tips on
% automating the citation generation process
\nocite{*} % Without this, only cited materials are displayed in the bibliography.
\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc] % adds bibliography to ToC
\end{document}