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% General \ignore{ . . . } macro.
%
\long\def\ignore#1{\relax}
%
% definition macro for proof trees
%
\newcommand{\pr}[2] {\shortstack{{\strut $#1$} \\ 
                     \mbox{}\hrulefill\mbox{}\\
                    {\strut $#2$}}}

\newcommand{\prr}[3] {\shortstack{{\strut $#1$} \\ 
                      \mbox{}\hrulefill\makebox[0in][l]{$\;$#3}\\
                     {\strut $#2$}}}

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% definition rules environment
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\newenvironment{rules}{\begin{list}{}{\itemindent.3in\labelwidth0in\labelsep10pt\parskip0pt\partopsep0pt\itemsep0pt\topsep0pt\leftmargin0pt}}{\end{list}}
%
% definition of standard Article environment
%
\def\piripi{\par} % cambiare con \endgraf
\newenvironment{bodydouble}[1]{\endgraf\noindent {\bf #1}\em}{\endgraf}
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section]
\newtheorem{notation}[theorem]{Notation}
\newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma}
\newtheorem{problem}[theorem]{Problem}
\newtheorem{fact}[theorem]{Fact}
\newtheorem{rem}[theorem]{}
\newtheorem{claim}[theorem]{Claim}
\newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition}
\newtheorem{criterion}[theorem]{Criterion}
\newtheorem{exercise}[theorem]{Exercise}
\newtheorem{remark}[theorem]{Remark}
\newtheorem{corollary}[theorem]{Corollary}
\newtheorem{exmpl}[theorem]{Example}
\newenvironment{example}{\begin{exmpl}\em}{$\qed$\end{exmpl}}
\newenvironment{tinyexample}{\begin{exmpl}\em\twocolscond{\footnotesize\endgraf\smallskip}{\endgraf}}{$\qed$\end{exmpl}}
\newtheorem{defn}[theorem]{Definition}
\newtheorem{dfntn}[theorem]{Definition}
%\newenvironment{definition}{\begin{dfntn}\em}{$\qed$\end{dfntn}}
\newtheorem{definition}[theorem]{Definition}
\newtheorem{lgrthm}[theorem]{Algorithm}
\newenvironment{algorithm}{\begin{lgrthm}\em}{\end{lgrthm}}
\newtheorem{xms}[theorem]{Axioms}
\newenvironment{abstract2}[1]{\small\centerline{#1}\begin{list}{}{\rightmargin=\leftmargin} \item}{ \end{list} \normalsize }
\newenvironment{axioms}{\begin{xms}\em}{\end{xms}}
\newenvironment{proof}{\begin{trivlist}\item[]\hspace{\parindent}{\em Proof.}}{$\qed$\end{trivlist}}
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%\newenvironment{remark}{\begin{trivlist}\item[]{\bf Remark\ \ }}{\end{trivlist}}
%
\def\qed{\proofbox}
\def\proofbox{\begin{picture}(7,7)%
  \put(0,0){\framebox(7,7){}}\end{picture}}
\def\iff{\mbox{$\leftrightarrow$}}
\def\Iff{\mbox{$\Longleftrightarrow$}}
\def\imp{\mbox{$\rightarrow$}}
\def\revimp{\mbox{$\leftarrow$}}
\def\Imp{\mbox{$\Rightarrow$}}
\def\RevImp{\mbox{$\Leftarrow$}}



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%%%%%% Definition of a macro to produce a chapter-local appendix ...
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\def\chapappendix{\par
 \setcounter{section}{0}
 \setcounter{subsection}{0}
 \def\thesection{\Alph{section}}}

\def\endchapappendix{\par
 \def\thesection {\thechapter.\arabic{section}}}