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\title*{Basic Guidelines for Preparing\\
	a Contribution for the $38^\mathrm{th}$ Volume}
\author{Anthony Phan}
\institute{Laboratoire de Math\'ematiques, SP2MI,\\
T\'el\'eport 2, Boulevard Marie et Pierre Curie,\\
BP 30\,179 -- 86\,962 Futuroscope cedex\\
{\tt e-mail: phan@math.univ-poitiers.fr}}

\maketitle

\begin{abstract} This is an attempt to give some
basic recommandations to authors of contributions to
the $38^\mathrm{th}$ volume of the {\it S\'eminaire de
Probabilit\'es}.

\keywords{S\'eminaire de Probabilit\'es, $38^\mathrm{th}$
volume.}
\end{abstract}

\section*{Introduction}

From the \TeX nical point of view the $38^\mathrm{th}$
volume of the {\it S\'eminaire de Probabilit\'es}\/ is
prepared as a single \LaTeX\ document.	This means that
every contribution will be included as some input file
into some global \LaTeX\ file. This causes some constraints
on both sides: editors and their \TeX nical support team,
but also authors.

\section{First of all}

Once the paper is accepted for publication in the {\it
S\'eminaire de Probabilit\'es}, and all the corrections
asked to the authors have been done, it
is time to pass the \TeX nical part and contact the
\TeX nical crew (me). Depending on the author's skill in
\LaTeX\ and such, the guidelines are be different. So,
below, one should choose the section which fits his
(her) situation.

\section{Experienced \LaTeX' users}

\subsection{Class and documentation}
\label{phan:class-documentation}

The class of document in use for the {\it
S\'eminaire de Probabilit\'es}\/---and also for
other Springer publications---is called {\it
svmult}\/ (Springer Verlag Multiple\dots). One
can find the class file at
$$
%
% 5 pt too long formula, so I am cheating... 
%
\hbox to \textwidth{\tt 
ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/physgl/mult/styles/svmult.cls\hss}
$$
and various documentations in the directory
$$
\hbox{\tt ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/physgl/mult/}
$$
especially~\cite{phan:refguide}.  This class
brings predefined environments for theorems, lemmas,
remarks, etc., some supplementary control sequences
for mathematics. Among them, there are {\tt\string\E}
for the exponential-$\E$, {\tt\string\D} for the
differential-$\D$ and {\tt\string\I} for the imaginary-$\I$
as one can see on
$$
	\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty} \E^{\I\theta x}\E^{-x^2\!/2}\,\D x
	= \sqrt{2\pi}\,\E^{-\theta^2\!/2}
$$
(I hope that this formula is true) which has been coded
as
\begin{verbatim}
	\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty} \E^{\I\theta x}\E^{-x^2\!/2}\,\D x
	= \sqrt{2\pi}\,\E^{-\theta^2\!/2}
\end{verbatim}
where one can also notice the use of
negative and positive thin spaces.

\subsection{Use of \LaTeX\ pack{a}ges}
\label{phan:packages}

Since every contribution is to be included in a larger
document, authors should not use exotical \LaTeX\
pack{a}ges because compatibility problems could
arise.

The pack{a}ges used when making the preceding
volume are ({\it url},) {\it amsmath}, {\it amssymb}\/
and {\it graphicx}\/ which are quite well-known or
documented. Beware of {\it amsmath}\/!	One must use
version 2.0 or more of this pack{a}ge!	(There are some
heavy incompatibilities with the preceding versions.)

French authors may be tempted to use {\it fontenc}\/
or/and {\it babel}. I discourage them of doing so. They
can contact the \TeX nical support (me) for special
features related to the french language (punctuation,
french quotes).

\subsection{Defining his (her) own theorem like
environment} \label{phan:theorem-environment}

The {\it svmult}\/ class provides new control
sequences for defining theorem-like environments (see
documentation~\cite{phan:refguide}).  I believe that in
most cases it is un\-necessary to do so since predefined
environments cover most cases encountered in a mathematical
paper.

If it is really necessary to define them anew, one should choose
names like ``mytheorem'', ``myremark'', etc.  The reason
is that such declarations are global and may interfere
with other contributions, and I'll take care only about
environments with names like ``myknownenvironment''.

\subsection{Graphics} \label{phan:graphics}

I love graphics and ``I'm sure I'm not the only one''
(popular music).  Of course they must be in the encapsuled
postscript format. One can name them as
$$
	\hbox{``author(s)name(s)number.eps'',}
$$
for instance ``phan17.eps'' or ``laurel-hardy4.eps'',
or name them as
$$
	\hbox{``author(s)name(s).number'',}
$$
as it is common with MetaPost outputs, for instance
``phan.17'' or ``laurel-hardy.4''.  This would be coherent
with the fact that \LaTeX\ files will be named after
authors' names.

If one has some difficulties in designing some graphics
necessary for his (her) contribution, he/she can contact the
\TeX nical support. The inclusion of graphics into the
document must be done with the control sequences defined
in the {\it graphics}\/ package.

\subsection{Personal control sequences}
\label{phan:personal-control-sequences}

It is not forbidden to use personal control sequences
as long as they are really useful, easy to understand,
and do not interfere with \LaTeX\ predefined control
sequences.  Furthermore, they must be defined as local
control sequences (no {\tt\string\global\string\def}
nor {\tt\string\gdef} definition).

I believe that in most cases personal control
sequences are not really needed.  For instance,
quite often, {\tt\string\R} stands for
{\tt\string\mathbb\char123R\char125}.  A quasi-automati\-cal
replacement can be done at the end of the typing to free
the document of the definition of such a {\tt\string\R}.

Sometimes, when the definition is more complex, defining a
control sequence may appear to be useful even to a someone
foreign to the article.  For instance
\begin{verbatim}
	\def\Card{\mathop{\rm Card}\nolimits}
\end{verbatim}
or
\begin{verbatim}
	\def\Var{\mathop{\rm Var}\nolimits}
\end{verbatim}
and use of {\tt\string\Card} or
{\tt\string\Var} in the document is really shorter and
clearer than the replacement text.

In any case, personal control sequences (if any) should
be defined in the preamble of the document, that is,
between {\tt\string\documentclass\char123svmult\char125}
and {\tt\string\begin\char123document\char125}.

\subsection{Fine-tuning of the document}
\label{phan:fine-tuning}

I've already mentioned the control sequences {\tt\string\E}
for the exponential-$\E$, {\tt\string\D} for the
differential-$\D$ and the imaginary-$\I$. These are
recommanded by Springer Verlag, and, from my point of view,
make really formulae clearer.

Other recommandations can be found in the \TeX book
of D.~E. Knuth~\cite{phan:texbook}, especially about
hand-tuning of delimiters for large displayed formulae,
but also about the use of thin spaces and italic
corrections (control sequence {\tt\string\/}). There
are also punctuation (remember that punctuation rules
are the same in text and in math formulae), hyphenation
(word-breaks are not always what they should be).

%%
%% AN EXAMPLE FOR FUN... 
%%
%{\it``Le ministre a expos\'e aux jounalistes rassembl\'es
%en ce mercredi ses con\-ceptions \`a propos des
%\'evolutions quasi-certaines concernant la politique
%cul\-turelle du gouvernement.''}


Help, advises, etc., will be provided by the \TeX nical
support.

\section{Unexperienced \LaTeX' users}

An unexperienced \LaTeX' user may be someone  who would
understand less than $50\,\%$ of the preceding section
but who at least uses \LaTeX.

For such a person here are my recommandations:
first, try to write the simplest as possible \LaTeX\
document (see subsections~\ref{phan:packages}
and~\ref{phan:personal-control-sequences} but do not
care about subsection~\ref{phan:theorem-environment});
then the document should be in 10 points size (usually
the default option of the document class); at last set
up the page dimensions by writing
\begin{verbatim}
	\setlength{\overfullrule}{5pt}
	\setlength{\textwidth}{28pc}
	\setlength{\textheight}{540pt}
\end{verbatim}
in the
preamble of the document; this will help checking for
too long formulae or words.

The \TeX nical support will then take care of
what remains to be done for the insertion in the
volume---and also of the fine tuning described in
subsection~\ref{phan:fine-tuning}.

\section{Experienced plain\TeX' users}

I've always believed that an experienced plain\TeX'
user is able to use \LaTeX\ without any true difficulty.
Anyway, what such an author can do is about the same
as an unexperienced \LaTeX's user: avoid too many
incomprehensible control sequences; then the document
should be in 10 points size; at last set up the page
dimensions by writing
\begin{verbatim}
	\overfullrule=5pt
	\hsize=28pc
	\vsize=540pt
\end{verbatim}
at the beginning
of the document; this will help checking for too long
formulae or words.

The \TeX nical support will then take care of the changes
to be done for the insertion in the volume.

\section{Unexperienced plain\TeX' users}

The same recommandations hold for an unexperienced
plain\TeX' user as for a experienced plain\TeX' user. The
\TeX nical support would just have, maybe, a little more
work to do.

\section{Others?}

Well, I don't know what to write in this case.	Just see
if it can happen.

\begin{thebibliography}{0}

\bibitem{phan:lamport} {\sc Lamport} (L.), {\it \LaTeX: A
Document Preparation System}, Addison--\kern-0.11em Wesley
(1986).

\bibitem{phan:texbook} {\sc Knuth} (D. E.), {\it The \TeX
book}, Addison--\kern-0.11em Wesley (1984).

\bibitem{phan:refguide} {\sc Springer Verlag}, \LaTeX2e
SVMULT Document Class Reference Guide for Contributed
Book, Springer Verlag (2002). \hfill\break {\tt
ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/physgl/mult/refguide.pdf}

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