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TITLE OF MANUSCRIPT IN ALL CAPS 
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A Thesis\\
by\\
AUTHOR NAME IN ALL CAPS
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Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies \\
at Appalachian State University\\
in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of\\
MASTER OF ARTS  
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Graduation Month Year\\ %USE GRADUATION MONTH YEAR 
Department of Mathematical Sciences
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A Thesis\\
by\\
AUTHOR NAME\\  
Graduation Month Year 
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APPROVED BY:
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Name, Ph.D.\\  
Chairperson, Thesis Committee

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Member, Thesis Committee

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Name, Ph.D.\\
Member, Thesis Committee

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Tracie McLemore Salinas, Ph.D.\\
Chairperson, Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Ashley Colquitt, Pj.D.\\
Dean, Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies

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Copyright by Author Name Year\\
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Author Name\\
B.S., Wherever it is from\\
M.A., Appalachian State University\\
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Chairperson: Name
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Begin text for chapter one here. Main points for formatting:

\begin{itemize}

\item Cite sources using numbers at the end of the sentence before the period, e.g.,  \cite{Church}. Using the ``cite'' command with the label you provided in the reference will automatically place the correct number in the brackets.

\item Tables and figures should be formatted as below and cited in the text as Table \ref{tab} and Figure \ref{img}. Using the ``ref'' command and the label you provided will automatically use the correct number.

\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\caption{\bf{Example Table}}
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entry 2 & c & d \\
entry 3 & e & f
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\caption{\bf{Example Figure}}
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\label{img} % use this name to refer to the figure in the text.
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\item Important equations that you wish to refer to more than once in the document should be numbered as the example of Equation \ref{int} below. Using the ``ref'' command and the label you provided will automatically use the correct number.

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\int_0^{10} f(x) ~ dx
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\item If subheaders are needed, use the following. If you prefer to number the chapters, sections, and subsections, that is also fine but you will need to edit the commands in the preamble of this document that are suppressing the numbering.

\end{itemize}

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These will appear in the auto-generated table of contents.

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Put the reference list here. Use the following examples, and space between each as noted. Put your entries in this list in alphabetical order by last name of the  author. If there are multiple articles by the same author(s), put them in date order. 

Note that standard software, well-known mathematical definitions and theorems, and common statistical tests used in the field do not need a citation or reference; just refer to them by name in the text.

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\begin{biblist}

\bib{Church}{book}{  % Use this for books
author={Church, Alonzo},
title={This is a Book},
publisher={Princeton University Press},
year={1996},
}

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\bib{davidson}{article}{  % Use this for book chapters
author={Davidson, Karl},
title={This is a Chapter in a Book},
booktitle={In: All the Right Stuff (David Payne, ed.)}
pages={122-310},
publisher={Pearson},
year={1990},
}

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\bib{laver}{thesis}{  % Use this for book chapters
author={Laver, Shirley},
title={This is a Thesis},
type={Master's Thesis}
school={Stanford University},
year={1990},
}

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\bib{mathy}{article}{  % Use this for articles
author = {Mathy, Clever},
author = {Adams, John},
author = {Gump, Forrest}
title = {An Amazing Paper in a Journal},
journal = {Journal Name},
year = {2013},
volume = {1},
pages = {5-6},
}

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\bib{web1}{article}{  % Use this for websites
   author={Websites R Us},
   title={My website as I like it},
   year={2010},
   eprint={http://www.some.site.com/},
   accessdate={June 15, 2021},
 }

\end{biblist}


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