macros.tex

%%% This file contains definitions of various useful macros and environments %%%
%%% Please add more macros here instead of cluttering other files with them. %%%

%%% Minor tweaks of style

% These macros employ a little dirty trick to convince LaTeX to typeset
% chapter headings sanely, without lots of empty space above them.
% Feel free to ignore.
\makeatletter
\def\@makechapterhead#1{
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
   \Huge\bfseries \thechapter. #1
   \par\nobreak
   \vskip 20\p@
}}
\def\@makeschapterhead#1{
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
   \Huge\bfseries #1
   \par\nobreak
   \vskip 20\p@
}}
\makeatother

% This macro defines a chapter, which is not numbered, but is included
% in the table of contents.
\def\chapwithtoc#1{
\chapter*{#1}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1}
}

% Draw black "slugs" whenever a line overflows, so that we can spot it easily.
\overfullrule=1mm

%%% Macros for definitions, theorems, claims, examples, ... (requires amsthm package)

\theoremstyle{plain}
\newtheorem{thm}{Theorem}
\newtheorem{lemma}[thm]{Lemma}
\newtheorem{claim}[thm]{Claim}

\theoremstyle{plain}
\newtheorem{defn}{Definition}

\theoremstyle{remark}
\newtheorem*{cor}{Corollary}
\newtheorem*{rem}{Remark}
\newtheorem*{example}{Example}

%%% An environment for proofs

\newenvironment{myproof}{
  \par\medskip\noindent
  \textit{Proof}.
}{
\newline
\rightline{$\qedsymbol$}
}

%%% An environment for typesetting of program code and input/output
%%% of programs. (Requires the fancyvrb package -- fancy verbatim.)

\DefineVerbatimEnvironment{code}{Verbatim}{fontsize=\small, frame=single}

%%% The field of all real and natural numbers
\newcommand{\R}{\mathbb{R}}
\newcommand{\N}{\mathbb{N}}

%%% Useful operators for statistics and probability
\DeclareMathOperator{\pr}{\textsf{P}}
\DeclareMathOperator{\E}{\textsf{E}\,}
\DeclareMathOperator{\var}{\textrm{var}}
\DeclareMathOperator{\sd}{\textrm{sd}}

%%% Transposition of a vector/matrix
\newcommand{\T}[1]{#1^\top}

%%% Various math goodies
\newcommand{\goto}{\rightarrow}
\newcommand{\gotop}{\stackrel{P}{\longrightarrow}}
\newcommand{\maon}[1]{o(n^{#1})}
\newcommand{\abs}[1]{\left|{#1}\right|}
\newcommand{\dint}{\int_0^\tau\!\!\int_0^\tau}
\newcommand{\isqr}[1]{\frac{1}{\sqrt{#1}}}

%%% Various table goodies
\newcommand{\pulrad}[1]{\raisebox{1.5ex}[0pt]{#1}}
\newcommand{\mc}[1]{\multicolumn{1}{c}{#1}}

\let\oldnl\nl% Store \nl in \oldnl
\newcommand{\nonl}{\renewcommand{\nl}{\let\nl\oldnl}}% Remove line number for one line

\newcommand\myinput[1]{%
  \nonl
  \settowidth\mylen{\KwIn{}}%
  \setlength\hangindent{\mylen}%
  \hspace*{\mylen}#1}