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% this is the default PlanetMath preamble. as your knowledge
% of TeX increases, you will probably want to edit this, but
% it should be fine as is for beginners.

% almost certainly you want these
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}

% used for TeXing text within eps files
%\usepackage{psfrag}
% need this for including graphics (\includegraphics)
%\usepackage{graphicx}
% for neatly defining theorems and propositions
%\usepackage{amsthm}
% making logically defined graphics
%\usepackage{xypic}

% there are many more packages, add them here as you need them

% define commands here

\newcommand{\sR}[0]{\mathbb{R}}
\newcommand{\sC}[0]{\mathbb{C}}
\newcommand{\sN}[0]{\mathbb{N}}
\newcommand{\sZ}[0]{\mathbb{Z}}

% The below lines should work as the command
% \renewcommand{\bibname}{References}
% without creating havoc when rendering an entry in
% the page-image mode.
\makeatletter
\@ifundefined{bibname}{}{\renewcommand{\bibname}{References}}
\makeatother

\newcommand*{\norm}[1]{\lVert #1 \rVert}
\newcommand*{\abs}[1]{| #1 |}