the ninth issue of the delta epsilon is almost here!
come to our launch party on april 10th, 2026 to grab a free copy. details can be found on our instagram. thank you to all our contributors!
Calling all mathematicians! We are looking for writers to help us get up and running after a 10 year hiatus! if you are interested in submitting an article, visit thedeltaepsilonmcgill.github.io. To reach the editorial team, contact [email protected]. Submissions are due February 7th, 2025.
LaTeX Template for Submissions (click here)
% The Delta-Epsilon Style Sheet
%
% author: A. Tomberg, modified by L. Belzile
% date : 23.11.2009 for v2.0, 27.02.2013 for v2.1
% version: v2.1
%
% Notes: to be used with the combine document class.
% > To import a new article do: \newarticle{title}{author}\import{.tex}
% > Bibtex has to be run separately on each article that uses it.
\ProvidesPackage{DE}
%--------- PACKAGES -----------
\usepackage{mathrsfs}
\usepackage{amsmath, amsthm, amssymb, amsfonts}
\usepackage{mathtools}
%\usepackage{mathptmx}
\usepackage{color, graphicx}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{multicol, multirow}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{sectsty}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage[all]{xy}
\usepackage{enumerate}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{latexsym,graphics}%,styles}
\usepackage{tikz}
%\usepackage[frenchb,english]{babel}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
%\usepackage{pslatex}
%\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
%\usepackage{cite}
%\usepackage[round]{natbib}
\usepackage{relsize}
\usepackage{setspace}
%\setstretch{2}
%\usepackage{nameref}
% \usepackage{hyperref}
% \hypersetup{pdfborder={0 0 0},
% colorlinks=true,
% linkcolor=black,
% citecolor=black,
% urlcolor=black}
% \urlstyle{same}
%For French formatting
%\usepackage{FrenchDE}
%--------- THEOREMS ---------
\newtheorem{thm}{Theorem}
\newtheorem{lem}[thm]{Lemma}
\newtheorem{prop}[thm]{Proposition}
\newtheorem{cor}[thm]{Corollary}
\newtheorem{fact}[thm]{Fact}
\newtheorem{defn}{Definition}
\newtheorem{conseq}[thm]{Consequence}
\newtheorem{problem}[thm]{Problem}
\newtheorem{claim}[thm]{Claim}
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem*{exm}{Example}
\newtheorem{ex}{Example}
\theoremstyle{remark}
\newtheorem*{rmk}{Remark}
%--------- COMMANDS ---------
\DeclareMathOperator{\rank}{rank}
\DeclareMathOperator{\height}{height}
\DeclareMathOperator{\Tr}{Tr}
\newcommand{\V}[1]{\text{V}\left(#1\right)}
\newcommand{\E}[1]{\text{E}\left(#1\right)}
\newcommand{\BZ}{\mathbb Z}
\newcommand{\BN}{\mathbb N}
\newcommand{\BR}{\mathbb R}
\newcommand{\BC}{\mathbb C}
\newcommand{\BQ}{\mathbb Q}
\newcommand{\negfour}{\negthickspace\negthickspace\negthickspace\negthickspace}
\providecommand{\abs}[1]{\left\lvert#1\right\rvert}
%---------- MACROS ----------
% Our name
\newcommand{\deleps}{\textsc{The
$\delta$elta-$\varepsilon$psilon}}
\newcommand{\mumj}{\textsc{McGill Undergraduate Mathematics Journal}}
% Putting author and title in the header
\newcommand{\authortochead}[1]{\coltocauthor{#1}\fancyhead[RE]{#1}}
\newcommand{\titletochead}[1]{\coltoctitle{#1}\fancyhead[LO]{#1}}
% New article command
\newcommand{\newarticle}[2]{
\setcounter{thm}{0}
\begin{center} {\Large \textsc{#1}} \\ \vspace{6pt}\textsl{#2}\end{center}
\titletochead{#1} \authortochead{#2} }
%New article with shortening of toc and header title
\newcommand{\newarticleshort}[3]{
\setcounter{thm}{0}
\begin{center} {\Large \textsc{#1}} \\ \vspace{6pt}\textsl{#3}\end{center}
\titletochead{#2} \authortochead{#3} }
% Remove the word "Abstract" before the abstract
\addto\captionsenglish{\renewcommand{\abstractname}{\vspace{-1pc}}}
% Command for typestting questions in interviews
\newcommand{\Q}[1]{\paragraph{$\delta\varepsilon$:}\textbf{#1}\\}
% Jokes environment (one-column)
\newenvironment{jokes}{\setcounter{figure}{0}\smallskip \noindent \textsc{Jokes and Comics}
\hrulefill \bigskip \\ }
%--------- FIGURES ----------
\makeatletter
\newenvironment{tablehere}
{\vspace{6pt}\begin{center}\def\@captype{table}}
{\end{center}}
\newenvironment{figurehere}
{\vspace{6pt}\begin{center}\def\@captype{figure}}
{\end{center}}
\makeatother
%----------- FONT -----------
% We use roman fonts.
%\fontfamily{cmr}
%\selectfont
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[sc]{mathpazo}
\renewcommand\rmdefault{ppl}
%---------- MARGINS ---------
%1pc = 12pt, 1in = 72.27pt
\geometry{letterpaper, twoside, verbose, ignoremp,
bindingoffset = 4pc, %3
right = 4pc, %4
columnsep = 2pc,
top = .9in,
bottom = .9in}
%------- HEADINGS STYLE -----
\sectionfont{\normalfont\large\centering\scshape}
\subsectionfont{\normalfont\large\itshape}
\subsubsectionfont{\normalfont\normalsize\itshape}
%------- HEADER/FOOTER ------
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}
%\renewcommand{\headheight}{18pt}
\fancyhead[RO,LE]{\thepage}
\fancyhead[CE,CO]{}
\fancyfoot[C]{}
\fancyfoot[RO,LE]{\deleps}
\fancyfoot[RE,LO]{\mumj}