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This is a dissertation template for UW Madison. It builds on
memoir.cls (which you'll need to have installed) and on the (venerable
but subtly-broken) withesis.cls.  You'll want to process your document
with pdflatex.  For best results, you'll want the following packages
installed somewhere in your TEXINPUTS as well:

* amssymb
* amsmath
* hyperref
* theorem

(Note that none of these are required, and that you can comment out
any of those packages if you don't need to use them.)

This package is included in the distribution, but you can use your own
if you have a version more recent than 2007/06/30:

* enumitem

The following packages are used if you have them, but you can comment
them out if you don't need/want them:

* microtype
* natbib
* mathpartir
* booktabs
* svn-multi

I suggest making one subdirectory for each chapter, and putting
the .tex file and all of the figures for that chapter there.
Then, simply \include each chapter in dissertation.tex.

By default, your pages and chapter headings should be set up to
conform to the UW typesetting requirements.  If you are making a
version of your dissertation that doesn't require conformance to
typewriter-era requirements (e.g. for the web or to make a nice
printed copy), you'll want to create your own page and chapter styles
in includes/preamble.tex and change frontmatter/frontmatter.tex to
select your styles instead of the "deposit" styles.

Other files of interest include:

 * backmatter/colophon.tex: if you're a big nerd and want to tell
   everyone the excruciating details of your typesetting
   adventures, this is the place.

 * frontmatter/abstract.tex:  your abstract goes here

 * frontmatter/acks.tex:  your acknowledgements go here

 * frontmatter/frontmatter.tex: sets up the main structure for
   the front matter of your diss

 * includes/defs.tex: your commands/environments; includes one
   for epigraphs at the beginning of chapters and one for
   per-file SVN info

 * includes/preamble.tex: this is where you want to set up your
   chapter and page styles (see the excellent memoir class
   documentation on CTAN) and include any other packages you need

 * includes/thesisdefs.tex: some definitions adapted from the withesis
   document class

This template is basically unsupported, but you should feel free to
email me questions -- just know that I might not be able to deliver
a timely or useful reply.  (On the other hand, I absolutely welcome
patches that provide fixes or functionality enhancements.)

For your convenience, this template includes two files that are not in
some LaTeX distributions.  Both are covered under the terms of the
LPPL; if you have a more recent version of either file, just delete
the included versions.  (Note that the "hanglist" environment for
nicely-typeset enumerated lists depends on a fairly recent version of
enumitem.)

 * mcbride.bst is copyrighted by Chung-chieh Shan
 * enumitem.sty is copyrighted by Javier Bezos

Again, these are available from CTAN and are only included here for
your convenience.  If your local LaTeX installation has recent
versions of these files, please 

The definitions in defs/thesisdefs.tex are adapted from withesis.cls,
which is licensed under the Perl Artistic License and is also
available from CTAN.

Good luck!


Will Benton
Madison, WI  2008

ps: see http://web.willbenton.com/writing/2008/better-latex

Addendum:
I've added changed the title page so that the membership of the 
committee can be seen on the title page. The specific files 
changed are:

 * thesisdefs.tex : added definitions for committee members as 
   well as date of defense; also changed the maketitle command
   so that those definitions will appear on the title page

 * dissertation.tex: added place to define committee members 
   and date of defense; used the geometry package to temporarily
   change the margins of the title page so that everything will
   fit.

 * preamble.tex: added \usepackage {geometry}; it needs to be 
   at least release 5.0 - 5.6 for it to work

Steven Baumgart
Madison, WI 2012

Addendum addendum:
I have added some CMS TDR type macros, and some quality of life changes for UW Madison CMS physics PhD students.
Hope it helps.
Added:

 * heppennames2.sty : This lets you use the TDR style naming scheme for
   particles

 * hepparticles.sty : This lets you define new particles (prereq for
   heppennames2)

 * ptdr-defs.sty : CMS TDR Definitions

 * cms_unsrt.bst : CMS Bibliography style

 * hypernat.sty : Hyperrefs inside bibliography

 * subdepth.sty : Equalize subscript heights in math mode

 * topcapt.sty : Captions on top (makes copy and pasting from TDR easier)

 * ulem.sty : Required for \em{} type stuff to render the same as with TDR

 * dissertation.bib : handy file for you to stick your bibtex citations into

 CHANGED:

 * defs.tex : Added a few useful definitions like \Order (for O(10^3), etc)
   \chisquare, \mb, \fb, that I and I imagine other particle physicists use a
   lot

 * frontmatter.tex : removed the obnoxious default "Table of figures" which
   would otherwise print at the beginning. With a Physics thesis, that ends up
   dragging on and on and on.

 * preamble.tex : Table of contents now covers Chapter, Section, Subsection, and
   subsubsection. Fixed the chapter style to look like the nice latex style
   chapters (the old style was ugly sue me). 

 * dissertation.tex : told the bibliography to point to dissertation.bib

Wren Vetens
Madison, WI, US & CERN, Geneva, CH -  2024