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% The standard font packages
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}

% For neatly defining theorems and definitions
%\usepackage{amsthm}

% Including EPS/PDF graphics (\includegraphics)
%\usepackage{graphicx}

% Making matrix-based graphics
%\usepackage{xypic}

% Enumeration lists with different styles
%\usepackage{enumerate}

% Set up the theorem environments
%\newtheorem{thm}{Theorem}
%\newtheorem*{thm*}{Theorem}

\newcommand{\defnterm}[1]{\emph{#1}}

% The standard number systems
\newcommand{\complex}{\mathbb{C}}
\newcommand{\real}{\mathbb{R}}
\newcommand{\rat}{\mathbb{Q}}
\newcommand{\nat}{\mathbb{N}}
\newcommand{\intset}{\mathbb{Z}}

% Absolute values and norms
% Normal, wide, and big versions of the delimeters
\newcommand{\abs}[1]{\lvert#1\rvert}
\newcommand{\absW}[1]{\left\lvert#1\right\rvert}
\newcommand{\absB}[1]{\Bigl\lvert#1\Bigr\rvert}
\newcommand{\norm}[1]{\lVert#1\rVert}
\newcommand{\normW}[1]{\left\lVert#1\right\rVert}
\newcommand{\normB}[1]{\Bigl\lVert#1\Bigr\rVert}

% Inverse functions
\newcommand{\inv}[1]{{#1}^{-1}}

% Differentiation operators
\newcommand{\od}[2]{\frac{d #1}{d #2}}
\newcommand{\pd}[2]{\frac{\partial #1}{\partial #2}}
\newcommand{\pdd}[2]{\frac{\partial^2 #1}{\partial #2}}
\newcommand{\ipd}[2]{\partial #1 / \partial #2}

% Differentials on integrals
\newcommand{\dx}{\, dx}
\newcommand{\dt}{\, dt}
\newcommand{\dmu}{\, d\mu}

% Inner products
\newcommand{\ip}[2]{\langle {#1}, {#2} \rangle}

% Complex numbers
\DeclareMathOperator{\zRe}{Re}
\DeclareMathOperator{\zIm}{Im}
\newcommand{\conjug}[1]{\overline{#1}}

% Calligraphic letters
\newcommand{\sF}{\mathcal{F}}
\newcommand{\sD}{\mathcal{D}}

% Standard spaces
\newcommand{\Hilb}{\mathcal{H}}
\newcommand{\Le}{\mathbf{L}}

% Operators and functions occassionally used in my articles
\DeclareMathOperator{\D}{D}
\DeclareMathOperator{\linspan}{span}
\DeclareMathOperator{\rank}{rank}
\DeclareMathOperator{\lindim}{dim}
\DeclareMathOperator{\sinc}{sinc}

% Probability stuff
\newcommand{\PP}{\mathbb{P}}
\newcommand{\E}{\mathbb{E}}

\DeclareMathOperator{\Var}{Var}
\DeclareMathOperator{\Cov}{Cov}