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SVMono Document Class

Author Instructions
for
Monographs
c 2002, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg
All rights reserved.
November 21, 2003
Contents
1 Introduction 2
2 Step-by-Step Instructions 2
2.1 Setting up your File and Document Structure . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.2 Initializing the Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.3 Required Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.4 Fine-Tuning Your Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.5 Fine-Tuning Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.6 Figures, Tables and Their Captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.8 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3 Submitting your Manuscript 11
Further Reading 11
Subject Index 13
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1 Introduction
The documentation in the Springer SVMono tool package is not intended to
be a general introduction to L
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or T
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in the section Further Reading.
Instead, the Springer SVMono tool package has been set up for authors who are
familiar with the basics of L
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features were designed to facilitate the preparation of scientic monographs for
Springer according to Springers style requirements.
If in this tool package we refer to standard tools or packages that are not in-
stalled on your system, please consult the Comprehensive T
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(CTAN) at [4, 5, 6] in the section Further Reading.
The components of the SVMono tool package are:
the Springer L
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templates with preset class options, packages and coding examples;
Tip: Copy these les to your working directory, run L
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your own example *.dvi le; rename the template le as you see t and
use it for your own input.
Author Instructions with style and coding instructions specic to Mono-
graphs ;
Tip: Follow these instructions to set up your les, to type in your text
and to obtain a consistent formal style; use these pages as checklists before
you submit your ready-to-print manuscript.
the Reference Guide describing the SVMono features independent of any
specic style requirements.
Tip: Use it as a reference if you need to alter or enhance the default
settings of the SVMono document class and the templates.
2 Step-by-Step Instructions
The following sections give you detailed instructions on how to set up your les
and meet Springer-Verlags specic style and layout requirements. They are
meant to assist authors through Springer-Verlags optimum settings. Please try
to adhere to these standards right from the start, however, if you have already
begun, please use them as a checklist before you submit your ready-to-print
manuscript printout or data.
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2.1 Setting up your File and Document Structure
Save each single chapter as an individual le.
Set up a root le complete with all commands needed to invoke the class, the
packages and your own declarations and commands.
Use the declarations
\frontmatter
\mainmatter
\backmatter
in the root le to divide your manuscript into three parts: (1) the front matter
for the dedication, foreword, preface, and table of contents; (2) the main matter
for the main body of your book including appendices; (3) the back matter for
the bibliography, index, and list of symbols.
Insert the individual chapter les with the \include command.
Use this root le for the compilation of your manuscript.
2.2 Initializing the Class
Tip:
Use the pre-set
templates
To format a monograph enter
\documentclass{svmono}
at the beginning of your input. This will set the text area to a \textwidth of
11.8 cm or 4.65 in and a \textheight of 18.95 cm or 7.46 in with a \headsep of
12 pt (space between the running head and text).
N.B. Trim size (physical paper size) is 15.5 23.5 cm or 6
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Please refer to Sect. 2.6 for overwide oating objects.
For a description of all possible class options provided by SVMono see the
New Class Options section in the enclosed Reference Guide.
2.3 Required Packages
The following selection in the past has proved to be essential in preparing a fully
formatted (i.e. ready-to-print) manuscript.
Invoke the required packages with the command
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\usepackage{}
graphicx.sty is a powerful tool for including, rotating, scaling and
sizing graphics les (preferably *.eps les)
makeidx.sty provides and interprets the command \printindex
which prints the index le *.ind (compiled by an index
processor) on a chosen page
multicol.sty balances out the columns on the last page of, for exam-
ple, your subject index, glossary or the like
footmisc.sty together with style option [bottom] places all footnotes
at the bottom of the page
For a description of other useful packages tested with the SVMono document
class see Sects. 2.3 and 3.1 in the Reference Guide.
2.4 Fine-Tuning Your Text
As a general rule, text, formulae, gures, and tables are typed using the standard
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commands. The standard sectioning commands are also used.

Nevertheless, in the SVMono document class we have newly dened and en-
hanced a few text mode commands (\preface; description environment).
Please refer to Sect. 2.5 in the Reference Guide.
Always use the L
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ters, sections, theorems, equations, gures, and tables. In contrast to any hard-
coded references these soft-coded cross-references can automatically be con-
verted to hyperlinks for any possible electronic version of your book.
Headings. In English texts all words of a heading have a leading capital letter
except for articles (a, an, the), conjunctions and prepositions of up to four letters
(e.g. on, of, at, to, by, and, or, but, from, with). If a heading needs more than
one line please break the line at an appropriate place and position the binding
word (conjunction, preposition, article, ...) at the beginning of the new line,
rather than the end of the previous line.
It looks nicer if every heading is followed by at least a short passage of text in
order to avoid simply listing headings of dierent levels.
If the running head at the top of a page does not t into the designated space,
a shorter version has to be specied with the commands \chaptermark{} and
\sectionmark{}. This is also the case if explicit line breaks have been inserted
into the chapter or section heading or the version used for the table of contents
(specied in the [] argument).
Emphasizing Text. Use the command \emph{} to emphasize (i.e. italicize) a
selection of individual words.
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Theorem-Like Environments. For individual text structures such as theorems,
denitions, examples, etc., the SVMono document class provides numerous
predened environments (numbered as well as unnumbered) which conform with
the specic Springer layout requirements. Sections 2.7 and 3.3 of the Reference
Guide give a complete list of the built-in environments as well as a description
of the new SVMono mechanism for dening your own environments.
Exercises, Problems and Solutions. If you want to include problems or exercises
in your book, it is best to position them as unnumbered sections at the end of Tip:
Use the pre-set
templates
the relevant chapters. If you give solutions or hints compile them in a separate
unnumbered solutions chapter and position it at the end of your main text,
i.e. before the references chapter. Section 3.5 of the Reference Guide gives a
detailed description of the two SVMono environments.
For mathematical monographs we encourage authors to use the SVMono class Tip:
Use the pre-set
templates
option envcountsame together with the option envcountchap. With this setting
all predened Springer environments get a common counter with a chapter prex
and the counter is reset for each chapter.
Special Expressions. If a special, e.g. non-English, expression is used repeatedly,
please spell it consistently throughout the book. Latin terms, e.g. in situ,
should not be italicized.
List of Symbols. Please add a list of symbols or short denitions or explanations.
(Even if this is not to be included in the nal book, its a very useful tool for
the copyeditor who may work on your manuscript.)
Abbreviations. Please set abbreviations such as e.g., cf., et al. and i.e.
upright. Only abbreviations that can be found in a dictionary may be used
without denition. Particular terminology that is often abbreviated should be
dened on rst usage.
Dashes. In Springer books we dierentiate between three dierent types of
dashes, which have to be coded individually:
(1) To produce a simple hyphen, used to connect or separate dependent parts
of a word such as prexes, or in compound adjectives, please enter a single
keyboard hyphen without any space on either side (-).
(2) To produce the slightly longer Springer em-dash e.g. to denote an inser-
tion within a sentence please enter two hyphens with a space on either side
(--). Acceptable in the US, three dashes (---) can be used although not part
of Springer-Verlags style.
(3) To produce an en-dash, enter two single hyphens with no space on either
side (), to stand in place of to in ranges, as in 198789,Fig. 3ac or ...
in the range 1020 eV, or to connect two names or words that are independent
of each other, such as HartreeFock or ... the electronphoton interaction.
However, double-barrelled names like Levi-Civita are connected with simple
hyphens, see (1).
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Quotation Marks. Please use the following commands to create English-
language quotation marks: word gives word in the dvi le, and word"
gives word in the dvi le.
Page Breaks. Please see to it that you always have at least two lines of the
same paragraph at the foot or head of a page. So-called orphans or widows
reduce the readability of your text.
Cross-References Within Text. Please always give a \label where possible
and use \ref for cross-referencing. Such cross-references may then easily be
converted to hyperlinks in any electronic version of your book.
The \cite and \bibitem mechanism for bibliographic references is also oblig-
atory.
Cross-references to particular gures, tables, sections and so on (always followed
by a space and then a number, i.e. Fig.1) should be written in full when they
stand at the beginning of a sentence, but in any other position within the text
they should be abbreviated as follows:
(Chapter) Chap./Chaps. (Section) Sect./Sects. (Figure) Fig./Figs.
(Page) p./pp. (Volume) Vol./Vols.
Exceptions:
(1) Table should always be written out in full at the beginning of a sentence
as well as within it, and please use Tables for the plural form.
(2) When referring to equations please do not use the abbreviations Eq./Eqs.
it is sucient to use the equation number set in round brackets, e.g. (1.45).
Only at the beginning of a sentence should you write Equation (1.45).
(3) References are cited in the text simply as numbers in square brackets, e.g.
[165], do not use the abbreviations Ref./Refs. in the middle of a sentence.
Only at the beginning of a sentence should you write Reference [165].
Spelling Checker. If possible, please use a computer program for verifying the
spelling of your text prior to submitting your manuscript. Depending on your
operating system you may choose from a number of freely available programs
designed for L
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found at http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=spell
2.5 Fine-Tuning Mathematics
As a general rule, text, formulae, gures, and tables are typed using the standard
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commands. The standard sectioning commands are also used.

Nevertheless, in the SVMono document class we have some newly dened and
enhanced math mode commands. Please refer to Sect. 2.6 in the Reference
Guide.
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Always give a \label where possible and use \ref for cross-referencing. Such
cross-references may then be converted to hyperlinks in any electronic version
of your book.
Please set mathematical expressions and formulae within the running text in
math mode, i.e. $...$, so that the desired spaces are set automatically. In text
mode please put a small space \, between a number and its unit.
Displayed Formulae will automatically be centered. To set your formulae ush-
left, please use the class option eqn. If you need to emphasize an individual
displayed formula you may put a simple box around it. Please do not use
double-lined borders this would just be over the top.
Equation Arrays. In order to get a readable layout for your equation arrays we
recommend that you use the L
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cally use optimal line spaces and line breaks. If an equation spans more than one
line place the equals sign at the beginning of the second (or subsequent) line(s);
binary operators such as +, , , etc. should also appear at the beginning of
the second or subsequent lines of an array, and the line should be indented to
the right of the equals sign in the line before.
If you want to sub-number individual lines of your equation array you may use
the style subeqnarray.sty. For a description see Sect. 3.1 in the Reference
Guide.
Please punctuate displayed equations in the same way as any other written
statement and insert \; before the punctuation to add a little extra space.
Multiplication. Where a multiplication sign is essential use the command \times
(), not \cdot (). The \cdot is reserved for vector dot products.
Vectors. Use the command \vec{v} to depict a vector. By default, vectors will
be set bold face upright.
To set vectors bold face italic as is common in physics texts use the class
option vecphys.
Tensors. Use the newly dened command \tens{A} to depict an ordinary
second-order tensor (without indices).
Chemical Symbols and Formulae should be set upright. Where a is used to
combine parts of chemical compounds, please use an en-dash; see Sect. 2.4.
Computer Code. To display computer code in your book, we recommend the
use of the verbatim environment.
Abbreviations such as Ord, Var, Ker, const., etc. should be set upright.
Physical units (and their prexes) should correspond to the SI standards and
be set upright. Always put a xed space \, between a number and its unit,
and between elements of units. Both the ... 3 kms
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... (note space between
dierent units; please do not use a middot) and ... 3 km/s ... styles are
acceptable, but please settle for one choice and use it consistently. In headers in
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tables please use the v (m/s) or v (ms
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) styles, i.e. use (...) not [...].
Please use % without a space, e.g. 100%, and use the degree sign without
a space, e.g. 19

. For Celsius use 100

C, i.e. no spaces.
Greek Letters. By default the SVMono document class depicts Greek letters
as italics because they are mostly used to symbolize variables. However, when
used as operators, abbreviations, physical units, etc., they should be set upright.
For example, when (\varDelta) is used to refer to an innitesimal amount
or (\umu) is used to denote micro.
All upper-case Greek letters have been dened in the document class in an
upright version. The fonts are taken from the T
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prex \var... followed by the upper-case name of the Greek letter to obtain
an upright upper-case Greek letter.
A number of lower-case Greek letters have been dened in the document class
in an upright version: , , , , , , , , . The letters are taken from
the PostScript Symbol font. Use the command prex \u... with the lower-
case name of the Greek letter to set it upright. Please refer to Sect. 2.6 in the
Reference Guide.
Variables should be represented by a unique single character and always, i.e.
in math mode as well as in the text, be set in italics. If possible please use
\varepsilon for and \varrho for .
Exponential terms with long exponents or with exponents containing subscripts
or superscripts should be set as exp(...).
Subscripts and superscripts should always appear upright (use \mathrm{ } in
math mode) when they are abbreviations. If you need to depict a vector, please
also use the syntax \vec{ }. The font size will automatically be adjusted.
The Dierential d, exponential e and imaginary i should be set upright in
Springer books. Use the newly dened commands \D, \E or \eul and \I or
\imag.
Fractions in displayed equations should be coded with \frac. When they appear
within exponents, running text or narrow tables, they should be set with a slash.
Otherwise the font size will be too small to be easily read.
Delimiters should be large enough to completely enclose their content but no
larger. We recommend using dynamic L
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\right}, \langle or \rangle, \left|, \right|, etc.
2.6 Figures, Tables and Their Captions
In general, text, formulae, gures and tables are typed using the standard
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Nevertheless, in the SVMono document class we have dened new commands
and enhanced the gure environment. Please refer to Sects. 2.8 and 3.2 in the
enclosed Reference Guide.
Always give a \label where possible and use \ref for cross-referencing. Such
cross-references may then be converted to hyperlinks in any possible electronic
version of your book.
Figures. By default gure captions are centered. Please use the declaration
\centering inside the gure environment to center your gures.
N.B.: If you use the class option eqn, gure captions will automatically be set
ushleft. In this case you should not use the \centering declaration for the
gures themselves.
Overwide gures should be reduced to the normal page width, or if this is not
possible, should not exceed the page width by more than 5 mm or 1 pica.
Color Figures. Despite the fast technical progress in digital printing the repro-
duction of color gures still is very costly in the eld of scientic publishing.
In general please use b/w gures or graytones. Only in exceptional cases will
Springer-Verlag accept color gures. Please talk to your editor prior to including
color gures in your manuscript.
Digital Illustrations. If you can supply illustrations (photos and drawings) in
digital form, this will simplify production, provided you follow a few basic rules.
For scanned line gures the minimum resolution in the nal print size is 800 dpi.
For scanned photos, 400 dpi in the nal size is sucient.
Image Processing. If illustrations are to appear in grayscale or black and white,
do not produce them in color. Color elds often convert to screens that are al-
most indistinguishable from one another. Instead of screens, whenever possible
please use cross-hatching, stippling, and other dot and line patterns to dier-
entiate among elements in an illustration. If screens must be used, they must
be between 15% and 60%. Screens must be dierentiated from one another by
at least 15%. The lowest line weight is 0.5 pt in the nal print size (approx.
0.15 mm).
Grids and details within the gures must be clearly readable and may not
overlap.
Lettering. To add lettering, it is best to use a sans serif font; Helvetica is
preferred. The font size should be approx. 23 mm (810 pt) in nal print.
Avoid eects such as shading, outline letters, etc. Lettering should not be
added until after scanning, i.e. it should be added to the graphics le. Please
do not insert any gure legends or gure headings in your illustration le.
Further Instructions. Please nd more detailed instructions about gure and
graphic sizing, placement, labeling, screenshots, halftones, shading, etc. at
http://www.springer-ny.com/authors/index.html and view the link to il-
lustrations.
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Save your gures in eps format with fonts embedded. Please save without
preview and with the so-called bounding box adjusted to the actual content of
the gure. Use the standard L
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les.
Tables. By default, table captions are centered. Please use the declaration
\centering inside the table environment to center your tables with their cap-
tions.
N.B.: If you use the class option eqn, table captions will automatically be set
ushleft. In this case you should not use the \centering declaration for the
tables themselves.
Please make sure that every table is preceded by a caption.
The layout of your tables should not contain any vertical lines. The header
of the table should not contain any extra lines. Overwide tables should be
reduced to the normal page width, or, if this is not possible, should not exceed
the page width by more than 5 mm. Please nd coding examples in the enclosed
sample les.
Captions. Do not put a period at the end of the last sentence of a gure or table
caption.
Should a gure consist of several parts, please set the names of the parts bold
face within round brackets inside the caption, e.g. Fig. 1.1. General explana-
tion: (a) individual description; (b) individual description ...
Should you want to explain special line formats, etc. used in the gure, then
please set their description in italics within round brackets, e.g. Fig. 1.1. In
the upper edge you nd xyz (dashed line) ...
2.7 References
By default, references are cited as numbers in square brackets, e.g. as found in
[9]. Please do not use any other system, e.g. name/date system. The references
themselves may be listed sequentially in order of citation or in alphabetical
order. If alphabetical order is used the references are numbered in that order
and are cited out of sequence. Please nd coding examples in the sample les.
In mathematical texts references are often labelled as author-year acronyms.
In order to achieve this simply give an optional argument to the \bibitem
command. Always use \bibitem and \cite for cross-referencing.
When producing your bibliography please make sure that the data is complete
(name and initial of author, year of publication, book title, publishers name
and place, journal name, volume number, page numbers) and up to date (e.g.
edition number).
For style matters, please see the reference section in the enclosed sample pages
example.pdf. For your own input follow the syntax of the pre-set template. Tip:
Use the pre-set
templates
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Please make sure that, in the individual reference citations, the initials of names
do not stand alone. Please connect them to their surname with the help of the
tilda so that they will not be separated from each other when L
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the line. The same applies to volume or page numbers.
For a description of SVMono enhancements to the bibliography environment
refer to Sect. 3.4 of the enclosed Reference Guide.
2.8 Index
Please make sure that your entries for the books general subject index are coded
with the command \index{} and please check the output for any redundancy
before submitting your manuscript les.
Be sure to use the style le svind.ist with the index processor MakeIndex to
give your index the required Springer layout.
For more information on generating an index see [1].
For a description of SVMono enhancements to the index environment refer to
Sect. 3.7 of the enclosed Reference Guide.
3 Submitting your Manuscript
As soon as you have decided on the content and structure of your book and
have set up a representative portion of text, we would appreciate receiving this
material for formal and stylistic checking (the source les, i.e. *.tex, *.eps,
*.cls, *.sty; the digitial output, i.e. *.dvi, *.ps, *.pdf; and a 600 dpi
printout).
The material should consist of the preface, table of contents, 1 to 3 chapters,
including the corresponding gures or gure les, appendix, bibliography, list
of symbols and index.
Please direct any queries concerning your book project to your contact person
at Springer-Verlag. He or she will be happy to respond directly or pass on your
query to the expert in charge.
Further Reading
[1] Lamport L.: L
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Wesley, Reading, MA (1994)
[2] Goossens M., Mittelbach F., Samarin A.: The L
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Wesley, Reading, MA (1994)
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[3] Knuth D.E.: The T
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revised to cover T
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[4] T
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[5] Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung T
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Germany, http://www.dante.de
[6] UK T
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Subject Index
class options, 3
computer code, 7
cross-referencing, 6
exercise environment, 5
gures
black and white, 9
captions, 9, 10
color, 9
digital, 9
graphics les
fonts, 10
format, 4, 10
including, 4
scaling, 4
grids and details, 9
lettering, 9
line weight, 9
overwide, 9
positioning, 9
scanned, 9
oating objects, 3
index, 4
layout
back matter, 3
front matter, 3
main matter, 3
page breaks, 6
paper size, 3
text area, 3
textheight, 3
textwidth, 3
list of symbols, 5
math mode, 7
abbreviations, 7
chemical symbols and formu-
lae, 7
delimiters, 8
dierential d, 8
displayed formulae, 7
equation arrays, 7
sub-numbering, 7
exponential e, 8
exponential terms, 8
fractions, 8
Greek letters
lower-case, 8
upper-case, 8
imaginary i, 8
operators, 7
physical units, 7
punctuation, 7
subscripts, 8
superscripts, 8
tensors, 7
variables, 8
vectors, 7
problem environment, 5
references
data, 10
name-date system, 10
numbering system, 10
root le, 3
solution environment, 5
spelling checker, 6
tables
captions, 10
header, 10
layout, 10
overwide, 10
text mode
abbreviations, 5
dashes, 5
emphasizing text, 4
headings, 4
quotation marks, 6
running head, 4
special expressions, 5
theorem-like environments, 5
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