% mitthesis.sty 12 Sep 89
% For Massachusetts Institute of Technology theses (grad and undergrad),
% based on "Specifications for Thesis Preparation" Revised 1986.
%
% This style option is designed to work with the report document
% style of LaTeX version 2.09. Use
% \documentstyle[mitthesis]{report}
% "Preferably, the text should appear on only one side of the paper."
% Hence no doubleside option.
% Copyright (c) 1987 by Stephen Gildea
% Permission to copy all or part of this work is granted, provided
% that the copies are not made or distributed for resale, and that
% the copyright notice and this notice are retained.
%
% THIS WORK IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. THE AUTHOR PROVIDES NO
% WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE WORK,
% INCLUDING WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO ITS MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
% FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
% If you make any improvements, I'd like to hear about them.
% Stephen Gildea
% MIT Earth Resources Lab
% Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
% mit-erl!gildea
%
[email protected]
% 29 Jun 87 original version
% 12 Sep 89 <prange> \supervisor optional arg added
% "Margins must be at least an inch and a quarter on the binding margin
% (normally the left side), and at least one inch on the other sides."
\oddsidemargin .25in
\evensidemargin 0in
\topmargin 0in
\headheight 0in % no header
\headsep \headheight
\textwidth 6.25in
\textheight 8.5in
\footskip .4in
% "The main body of the text should utilize a space and a half or double
% spacing. The abstract, biography, footnotes, and bibliography
% sections may be single spaced"
\input doublespace.sty %available from Clarkson LaTeX-style collection
\def\baselinestretch{1.5}
%% End of formatting parameters %%
%% Define all the pieces that go on the title page and the abstract.
% \title and \author already exist
\def\prevdegrees#1{\gdef\@prevdegrees{#1}}
\def\@prevdegrees{}
\def\department#1{\gdef\@department{#1}}
% If you are getting two degrees, use \and between the names.
\def\degree#1{\setbox0\hbox{#1} %for side effect of setting \@degreeword
\gdef\@degree{#1}}
% \and is used inside the \degree argument to separate two degrees
\def\and{\gdef\@degreeword{degrees} \par and \par}
\def\@degreeword{degree}
% If there is no \copyrightnotice command, it is asssumed that MIT
% holds the copyright. This commands adds the copyright symbol to the
% beginning, and puts the standard permission notice below.
\def\copyrightnotice#1{\copyrightnoticetext{\copyright\ #1\par\permission}}
% Occacionally you will need to exactly specify the text of the
% copyright notice. The \copyrightnoticetext command is then useful.
\long\def\copyrightnoticetext#1{\gdef\@copyrightnotice{#1}}
\def\@copyrightnotice{\copyright\ \Mit\ \@degreeyear}
\def\thesisdate#1{\gdef\@thesisdate{#1}}
% typically just a month and year
\def\degreemonth#1{\gdef\@degreemonth{#1}}
\def\degreeyear#1{\gdef\@degreeyear{#1}}
% Usage: \supervisor{name}{title}
% \chairman{name}{title}
% since there can be more than one supervisor,
% we build the appropriate boxes for the titlepage and
% the abstractpage as the user makes multiple calls
% to \supervisor
\newbox\@titlesupervisor \newbox\@abstractsupervisor
% The \supervisor command takes an optional argument in case you
% want to label a person other than "Thesis Supervisor". For example,
% \supervisor[Thesis Co-supervisor]{Arthur Cheng}{Principle Research Scientist}
\def\supervisor{\@ifnextchar[{\@supervisor}{\@supervisor[Thesis Supervisor]}}
\def\@supervisor[#1]#2#3{\setbox\@titlesupervisor\vbox
{\unvbox\@titlesupervisor \vskip 10pt plus 1fil minus 1fil
\def\baselinestretch{1}\large
\signature{Certified by}{#2 \\ #3 \\ #1}}
\setbox\@abstractsupervisor\vbox{\unvbox\@abstractsupervisor
\vskip\baselineskip \def\baselinestretch{1}\@normalsize
\par\noindent #1: #2 \\ Title: #3}}
% department chairman, not thesis committee chairman
\def\chairman#1#2{\gdef\@chairmanname{#1}\gdef\@chairmantitle{#2}}
\def\maketitle{\begin{titlepage}
\large
{\def\baselinestretch{1.2}\Large\bf \@title \par}
by\par
{\Large \@author}
\par
\@prevdegrees
\par
Submitted to the \@department \\
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the \@degreeword\ of
\par
\@degree
\par
at the
\par\MIT\par
\@degreemonth\ \@degreeyear
\par
\@copyrightnotice
\par
\vskip \baselineskip
\signature{Signature of Author}{\@department \\ \@thesisdate}
\par
\unvbox\@titlesupervisor
\par
\signature{Accepted by}{\@chairmanname \\ \@chairmantitle}
\end{titlepage}}
% this environment should probably be called abstract,
% but we want people to also be able to get at the more
% basic abstact environment
\def\abstractpage{\newpage
\begin{center}{\large{\bf \@title} \\
by \\
\@author \\[\baselineskip]}
\par
\def\baselinestretch{1}\@normalsize
Submitted to the \@department \\
on \@thesisdate, in partial fulfillment of the \\
requirements for the \@degreeword\ of \\
\@degree
\end{center}
\par
\begin{abstract}}
\def\endabstractpage{\end{abstract}\noindent
\unvbox\@abstractsupervisor \newpage}
% You can use the titlepage environment to do it all yourself if you
% don't want to use \maketitle. If the titlepage environment, the
% paragraph skip is infinitely stretchable, so if you leave a blank line
% between lines that you want space between, the space will stretch so
% that the title page fills up the entire page.
\def\titlepage{\newpage\centering
\thispagestyle{empty}
\parindent 0pt \parskip 10pt plus 1fil minus 1fil
\def\baselinestretch{1}\@normalsize\vbox to \vsize\bgroup\vbox to 9in\bgroup}
% The \kern0pt pushes any depth into the height. Thanks to Richard Stone.
\def\endtitlepage{\par\kern 0pt\egroup\vss\egroup\newpage}
\def\MIT{MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY}
\def\Mit{Massachusetts Institute of Technology}
\def\permission{\par\noindent{\centering
The author hereby grants to MIT permission to reproduce and \\*
to distribute copies of this thesis document in whole or in part.}\par}
\def\signature#1#2{\par\noindent#1\dotfill\null\\*
{\raggedleft #2\par}}
\def\abstract{\subsection*{Abstract}\small\def\baselinestretch{1}\@normalsize}
\def\endabstract{\par}
% If using the report style, use - instead of . in the figure number.
\@ifundefined{thechapter}{}{\def\thefigure{\thechapter-\arabic{figure}}}