% TEMPLATE ********************************************************************************************************
\documentclass[a4paper,fontsize=12pt,listof=totoc,toc=sectionentrywithdots]{scrartcl}
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% style packages **************************************************************************************************
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\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[onehalfspacing]{setspace}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{5} % numbered paragraphs
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
% page settings ***************************************************************************************************
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% custom commands for title, name and sectioning
\newcommand{\Assignment}{class name - assignment no. X} % title, for both title and header
\newcommand{\Task}[1]{ \section*{#1.)} \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Task #1} \label{sec:task_#1}}
\newcommand{\Subtask}[1]{ \subsection*{#1)} \addcontentsline{toc}{subsection}{#1 )}}
\newcommand{\Authorname}{your name here} % your name here
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\setlength{\headheight}{15.2pt}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
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\fancyhead[R]{\Authorname}
\fancyhead[L]{\Assignment}
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}
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% math packages ***************************************************************************************************
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\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{amsxtra,amssymb,amsthm,amstext,amsfonts}
\usepackage{esint} % for circle integrals
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% optimisation ****************************************************************************************************
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\usepackage{float} % better control of placements
\usepackage{microtype} % package for optimising typographic details
\usepackage{booktabs} % optimised display of tables
\usepackage{tabularx} % more modern display of tables with \toprule,\midrule,\bottomrule
\usepackage{multirow} % allows table cells over multiple rows within a column
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% misc packages ***************************************************************************************************
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\usepackage[extendedchars]{grffile} % for spaces and special chars in file paths
\usepackage{xcolor} % adds colours
\usepackage[hyphens]{url} % adds hyperlinks
\usepackage[]{hyperref} % adds links to toc
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\title{\Assignment}
\author{\Authorname}
\date{\today}
% document ********************************************************************************************************
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\begin{document}
\maketitle
\tableofcontents

\Task{1}
\Subtask{a}
example

\end{document}