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Preface

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List of Abbreviations

Summary

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Chapter 1 Introduction

This is the introduction chapter. We cite some classic works [1, 2].

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Theorem 1.1.

This is a theorem

We reference Theorem 1.1.

1.1. Motivation

”Description of Image that serves the same purpose”
Figure 1.1. This is a torus
”Description of Image that serves the same purpose”
Figure 1.2. The Snake Lemma

1.1.1. Historical context

A brief overview of how the problem developed.

01f(x)𝑑x=2 (1.1)

How to solve (1.1)

1.1.2. Open questions

Some questions remain open for future work.

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Table 1.1. Example Table

Chapter 2 Background

This chapter gives necessary background.

2.1. Group theory

Definition 2.1.

A group is a set G with a binary operation satisfying closure, associativity, identity, and inverses.

Theorem 2.2.

Every finite subgroup of the multiplicative group of a field is cyclic.

Proof.

This is a standard result from algebra. ∎

Chapter 3 Main Results

Here we present the main contributions of the thesis.

3.1. A computer simulation

def factorial(n):
"""Compute the factorial of n recursively."""
if n == 0:
return 1
else:
return n * factorial(n - 1)
print(f"5! = {factorial(5)}")

3.2. Second main result

Another significant theorem.

Chapter 4 Vitae

For UIC this can be a full CV or a short version (e.g. half a page) with previoius degrees, work experience and publications.

Appendix A Technical Lemmas

Here we collect some supporting lemmas.

Bibliography

  • [1] R. Hartshorne, Algebraic Geometry, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1977.
  • [2] D. Mumford, Abelian Varieties, Oxford University Press, 1970.
  • [3] J. Draisma, E. Horobet, G. Ottaviani, B. Sturmfels, and R. R. Thomas, “The Euclidean distance degree of an algebraic variety,” arXiv:1309.0049 (2013). Available at: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.0049