Author information
11.2.2 Author information
There are seven pieces of information about yourself.
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Author Command: \author
Optional argument: Short form of the name for the running head
The typeset author is placed on the front page of the typeset article. Examples: An author:
\author{George~A. Menuhin}
An author with a short form of the name for the running head: \author[G.\,A. Menuhin]{George~A. Menuhin}
Section 11.2.4 discusses how to specify multiple authors.
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Contributor Command: \contrib
Optional argument: Describing the contribution
The typeset contributor’s name is placed on the front page of the typeset article. This command is very recent. It was introduced in amsart version 2.20. Examples:
A contributor authoring an appendix: \contrib[with an appendix by]{John Blaise}
If this appendix has two authors: \contrib[with an appendix by]{J. Blaise}
\contrib[]{W. Blaise} This typesets (with author G. A. Menuhin) the author line as
G. A. MENUHIN, WITH AN APPENDIX BY J. BLAISE AND W. BLAISE
Contributors can have addresses, current addresses, etc., just like authors.
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Address Command: \address Separate lines with \\ Optional argument: Name of author
The typeset address is placed at the end of the typeset article. Example:
D EPARTMENT OF A PPLIED M ATHEMATICS ,U NIVERSITY OF W INNEBAGO ,W INNEBAGO , MN 53714
which is typed as \address{Department of Applied Mathematics\\
University of Winnebago\\ Winnebago, MN 53714}
Notice that L A TEX replaces the \\ line separators with commas. If there are several authors, you can use the author’s name as an optional argument of \address to avoid ambiguity. See Example 4 in Section 11.2.5 (page 283) for a complete example.
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Current address Command: \curraddr Separate lines with \\ Optional argument: name of author
The typeset current address is placed at the end of the typeset article. Example:
Current address: Department of Mathematics, University of York, Heslington, York, England
is typed as \curraddr{Department of Mathematics\\
University of York\\ Heslington, York, England}
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If there are several authors, you can use the author’s name as an optional argument of \curraddr to avoid ambiguity; for some examples, see Section 11.2.5.
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E-mail address Command: \email
Optional argument: Name of author
The typeset e-mail address is placed at the end of the typeset article. Example:
\email{gmen@ccw.uwinnebago.edu}
Tip Some e-mail addresses contain the special underscore character ( _ ). Recall (see Sec- tion 5.4.4) that you have to type \_ to get _.
Example: \email{George\_Gratzer@umanitoba.ca}
Tip Some older e-mail addresses contain the percent symbol (%); recall that you have to type \% to get % (see Section 5.4.4).
Example: \email{h1175moy\%ella@relay.eu.net}
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Web (home) page ( URL ) Command: \urladdr
Optional argument: Name of author
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The typeset Web (home) page is placed at the end of the typeset article. Example:
\urladdr{http://www.maths.umanitoba.ca/homepages/gratzer/}
Tip Many Internet addresses contain the tilde (~), indicating the home directory of the user. Type ~ to get ~ and not \~, as recommended in Section 5.4.4. $\sim$ is also unacceptable.
Example: \urladdr{http://kahuna.math.hawaii.edu/~ralph/}
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Research support or other acknowledgments Command: \thanks
Do not specify linebreaks. Terminate the sentence with a period.
The typeset research support or other acknowledgments is placed on the front page of the typeset article as an unmarked footnote. Example:
\thanks{Supported in part by NSF grant PAL-90-2466.}
A \thanks{} command is ignored in typesetting.