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\title{Writing a Rackham Thesis: Theories and practice}
\author{Donald Knuth}
\degree{Doctor of Philosophy}
\department{Electrical Engineering}
\committee{
  Professor Edsger Dijkstra, Chair \\
  Professor Alan Turing \\
  Professor Stephen Cook
}

\maketitle
\frontispiece{
  If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.\\[2\baselineskip]
	---Donald Knuth
}  % optional
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\identifierpage[copyright]{dknuth@umich.edu}{9999-9999-9999-9999}
\dedication{To Jill}  % optional
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\chapter{Algorithms}

Shortest paths are wicked cool \parencite{dijkstra}.
Table~\ref{tab:alg} shows how cool some algorithms are.

\begin{table}[h]
    \centering
    \caption{Cool Algorithms}
    \begin{tabular}{ll} \toprule
        Algorithm & Coolness \\ \midrule
        Shortest Path & Wicked \\
        Support Vector Machine & Sick \\
        Fast Fourier Transform & Disgusting \\ \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
    \label{tab:alg}
\end{table}

Figure~\ref{fig:alg} is a more easily digestible representation of the same data.

\begin{figure}[h]
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{r|ccc}
        Sick & & x \\
        Disgusting & & & x \\
        Wicked & x \\ \hline
        & Shortest & SVM & FFT \\
        & Path \\
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Cool Algorithms}
    \label{fig:alg}
\end{figure}


\chapter{Turing Machines}

On the other hand---according to \textcite{turing}---Turing machines are also cool.
See Figure~\ref{fig:comp} for a contradiction.
\lipsum[4]

\begin{figure}
    \centering
    {
        \Huge
        \begin{equation*}
            \lambda x . x
        \end{equation*}
    }
    \caption{Downside of Turing machines}
    \label{fig:comp}
\end{figure}


\section{Reductions}

But what cool reductions \parencite{cook}!
Table~\ref{tab:red} has the answer.
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\begin{table}
    \centering
    \caption{The Answer}
    \begin{tabular}{c} \toprule
        Cool Reductions \\ \midrule
        3-SAT \\
        Gadgets \\ \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
    \label{tab:red}
\end{table}

\appendix

\chapter{Lorem}
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\chapter{Ipsum}
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