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LATEX 2ε SVMult Document Class
Author Instructions
for
– Contributed Books –
c 2007, Springer Verlag Heidelberg

Contents
1 Introduction

2 Step-by-Step Instructions
2.1 Initializing the Class . . . . . . . .
2.2 Required Packages . . . . . . . . .
2.3 The Contribution Header . . . . .
2.4 Fine-Tuning Your Text . . . . . . .
2.5 Fine-Tuning Mathematics . . . . .
2.6 Figures, Tables and Their Captions
2.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.8 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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3 Submitting your Manuscript

Further Reading

Subject Index

Introduction

The documentation in the Springer SVMult tool package is not intended to be
a general introduction to LATEX 2ε or TEX. For this we refer you to [1–3] in the
section “Further Reading”.
Instead, the Springer SVMult tool package has been set up for those who are
familiar with the basics of LATEX. The SVMult document class and its special
features were designed to facilitate the preparation of scientiﬁc monographs for
Springer according to Springer’s style requirements.
If in this tool package we refer to standard tools or packages that are not installed on your system, please consult the Comprehensive TEX Archive Network
(CTAN) at [4–6] in the section “Further Reading”.
The components of the SVMult tool package are:
• The Springer LATEX class svmult.cls (major version 5) and BiBTeX
styles spmpsci.bst, spphys.bst, spbasic.bst as well as the template
with preset class options, packages and coding examples;
Tip: Copy these ﬁles to your working directory, run LATEX 2ε and produce
your own example *.dvi or *.pdf ﬁle; rename the template ﬁle as you see
ﬁt and use it for your own input.
• Instructions with style and coding instructions speciﬁc to contributed
books;
Tip: Follow these instructions to set up the ﬁles, to typeset the text and
to obtain a consistent formal style; use these pages as checklists before
ﬁnally submitting the manuscript or print data.
• The Reference Guide describing the SVMult features independent of any
speciﬁc style requirements.
Tip: Use it as a reference if you need to alter or enhance the default
settings of the SVMult document class and the templates.
For volume editors only the SVMult tool package is enhanced by
• the editor instructions for compiling multiple contributions into a single
book.

Step-by-Step Instructions

The following sections give you detailed instructions on how to set up your
ﬁles and meet Springer’s speciﬁc style and layout requirements. Please try to
adhere to these standards right from the start and use them as a checklist before
submitting the manuscript or print data.
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2.1

Initializing the Class

To format a document for a contributed book enter
\documentclass{svmult}

at the beginning of your root ﬁle. This will set the text area to a \textwidth
of 117 mm or 27-3/4 pi pi and a \textheight of 191 mm or 45-1/6 pi plus a
\headsep of 12 pt (space between the running head and text).
N.B. Trim size (physical paper size) is 155 × 235 mm or 6 1/8 × 9 1/4 in.
Please refer to Sect. 2.6 for “overwide” ﬂoating objects.
For a description of all possible class options provided by SVMult see the
“SVMult Class Options” section in the enclosed Reference Guide.

2.2

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
\usepackage{}

mathptmx.sty

helvet.sty
courier.sty
graphicx.sty
makeidx.sty

multicol.sty
footmisc.sty

deﬁnes Times Roman as default text font, and provides
maths support using glyphs from the Symbol, Chancery
and Computer Modern fonts together with letters, etc.,
from Times Roman
use Helvetica as sans serif together with the Times font
family as default text body font
use Courier as typewriter font together with the Times
font family as default text body font
is a powerful tool for including, rotating, scaling and
sizing graphics ﬁles (preferably *.eps ﬁles)
provides and interprets the command \printindex
which “prints” the index ﬁle *.ind (compiled by an index
processor) on a chosen page
balances out the columns on the last page of, for example, your subject index
together with style option [bottom] places all footnotes
at the bottom of the page

For a description of other useful packages and SVMult class options, special
commands and environments tested with the SVMult document class see the
Reference Guide.

Tip:
Use the pre-set
template
author.tex

2.3

The Contribution Header

To format the header of your contribution enter
\title*{Title of Contribution}
\author{Name of Author}
\institute{Name of Author \at Name, Address of Institute, \email{name@email.address}
\maketitle

immediately after the \begin{document} command.
Normally the running heads are produced automatically by the \maketitle
command using the contents of \title (for right hand or recto pages) and
\author (on left hand or verso pages). If the result is too long for the page
header (running head) the class will produce an error message and you will be
asked to supply a shorter version. This is done using the syntax
\titlerunning{text}
\authorrunning{first author et al.}

These commands must be entered before \maketitle.
For a more detailed description of the relevant commands, see the global Reference Guide.

2.4

Fine-Tuning Your Text

As a general rule, text, formulae, ﬁgures, and tables are typed using the standard
LATEX 2ε commands. The standard sectioning commands are also used.
Nevertheless, in the SVMult document class we have newly deﬁned and enhanced a few text mode commands (e.g.\dedication,\preface, \abstract*;
description environment,. . . ). Please refer to the Reference Guide.
Always use the LATEX commands \label and \ref for cross-referencing to chapters, sections, theorems, equations, ﬁgures, and tables. In contrast to any hardcoded references these soft-coded cross-references can automatically be converted to hyperlinks for any possible electronic version of your book.
Abstracts. Each chapter or contribution should be preceded by an abstract (10–
15 lines long) that summarizes the content. The abstract will appear online at
www.SpringerLink.com and be available with unrestricted access. This allows
unregistered users to read the abstract as a teaser for the complete chapter.
As a general rule the abstracts will not appear in the printed version of the
book unless it is the style of the particular volume or that of the series to
which the book belongs. Please use the new Springer command \abstract* for
typesetting the text of the online abstracts and include them with the source
ﬁles of the manuscript. Use the plain \abstract command if the abstract is
also to appear in the printed version of the book.
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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.
It looks nicer if every heading is followed by at least a short passage of text in
order to avoid simply listing headings of diﬀerent levels.
If the running heads at the tops of the pages do not ﬁt into the space allocated to them, a shorter version has to be speciﬁed with the commands
\authorrunning{} and \titlerunning{}.
If a diﬀerent version of your contribution title is to be used for the table of
contents use the command \toctitle{title for table of contents}.
Emphasizing Text. Use the command \emph{} to emphasize (i.e. italicize) a
selection of individual words.
Theorem-Like Environments. For individual text structures such as theorems,
deﬁnitions, examples, etc., the SVMult document class provides numerous
predeﬁned environments (numbered as well as unnumbered ) which conform with
the speciﬁc 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 SVMult mechanism for deﬁning your own environments.
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 deﬁnitions or explanations.
(Even if this is not to be included in the ﬁnal book, it’s 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 deﬁnition. Particular terminology that is often abbreviated should be
deﬁned on ﬁrst usage.
Dashes. In Springer books we diﬀerentiate between three diﬀerent 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 preﬁxes, or in compound adjectives, please enter a single
keyboard hyphen without any space on either side (-).
2. 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 “Fig. 3a–c” or “... in the range
10–20 eV”, or to connect two names or words that are independent of each
other, such as “... the electron–photon interaction”. However, doublebarrelled names like Levi-Civita are connected with simple hyphens.
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3. To produce an em-dash—e.g. to denote an insertion within a sentence—
please enter three hyphens without any spaces on either side (---).
Quotation Marks. Please use the following commands to create Englishlanguage quotation marks: ‘word’ gives ‘word’ in the dvi ﬁle, and ‘‘word"
gives “word” in the dvi ﬁle.
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 obligatory.
Cross-references to particular sections, ﬁgures, tables, equations and the like
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.
(Page) p./pp.

(Section) Sect./Sects.
(Volume) Vol./Vols.

(Figure) Fig./Figs.

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 the abbreviations “Eq./Eqs.” may be used—
but as a general it is suﬃcient to use the equation number set in parentheses, e.g. (1.45). At the beginning of a sentence you should 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 LATEX code. A list of such LATEX-aware spelling checkers can be
found at http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=spell

2.5

Fine-Tuning Mathematics

As a general rule, text, formulae, ﬁgures, and tables are typed using the standard
LATEX 2ε commands. The standard sectioning commands are also used.
Nevertheless, in the SVMult document class we have some newly deﬁned and
enhanced math mode commands. Please refer to the 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 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.
Equation Arrays. In order to get a readable layout for your equation arrays we
recommend that you use the LATEX environment eqnarray. This will automatically 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 deﬁned 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 preﬁxes) should correspond to the SI standards and
be set upright. Always put a ﬁxed space \, between a number and its unit,
and between elements of units. Both the “... 3 km s−1 ...” (note space between
diﬀerent 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 tables please use the “v (m/s)” or “v (m s−1 )” styles, i.e. use parentheses,
not brackets. 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 SVMult 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 Δ (\varDelta) is used to refer to an inﬁnitesimal amount or μ
(\umu) is used to denote micro.
All upper-case Greek letters have been deﬁned in the document class in an
upright version. The fonts are taken from the TEX alphabet. Use the command
preﬁx \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 deﬁned in the document class
in an upright version: α, β, χ, δ, γ, μ, ν, π, τ. The letters are taken from
the PostScript Symbol font. Use the command preﬁx \u... with the lowercase 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 ρ.
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 Diﬀerential d, exponential e and imaginary i should be set upright in
Springer books. Use the newly deﬁned 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 LATEX input commands, e.g.\left[ or
\right}, \langle or \rangle, \left|, \right|, etc.

2.6

Figures, Tables and Their Captions

In general, text, formulae, ﬁgures and tables are typed using the standard
LATEX 2ε commands. The standard sectioning commands are also used.
Nevertheless, in the SVMult document class we have deﬁned new commands
and environments, and in some cases, enhanced standard environments. Please
refer to 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. Figures and their captions by default are set ﬂushleft with the caption placed beneath the ﬁgure. If the ﬁgure width is smaller than 78 mm, use
the command sidecaption to align the caption with the base of the ﬁgure
when the ﬁgure is positioned at the bottom of the page, or use the command
sidecaption[t] when the ﬁgure is positioned at the top of the page .
“Overwide” ﬁgures should be reduced to the normal page width, or if it improves
the readability, may protrude into the page margin by a maximum of 5 mm or
1 pica on each side.
Color Figures. Despite the fast technical progress in digital printing the reproduction of color ﬁgures is still very costly in the ﬁeld of scientiﬁc publishing. In
general any colour ﬁgures will be converted into b/w ﬁgures or graytones for
the printed version of the book. Only upon explicit agreement will Springer
reproduce color ﬁgures in the printed version of the book.
Digital Illustrations. Whenever possible illustrations (photos and drawings)
should be supplied in digital form – this will simplify production, provided a
few basic rules are followed.
For scanned line ﬁgures the minimum resolution in the ﬁnal print size is 1200 dpi.
For scanned photos, 300 dpi in the ﬁnal size is suﬃcient.
Image Processing. If illustrations are to appear in grayscale or black and white,
do not produce them in color. Color ﬁelds often convert to screens that are almost indistinguishable from one another. Instead of screens, whenever possible
please use cross-hatching, stippling, and other dot and line patterns to diﬀerentiate among elements in an illustration. If screens must be used, they must
be between 15% and 60%. Screens must be diﬀerentiated from one another by
at least 15%. The lowest line weight is 0.5 pt in the ﬁnal print size (approx.
0.15 mm).
Grids and details within the ﬁgures 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. 2–3 mm (8–10 pt) in ﬁnal print.
Avoid eﬀects such as shading, outline letters, etc. Lettering should not be
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added until after scanning, i.e. it should be added to the graphics ﬁle. Please
do not insert any ﬁgure legends or ﬁgure headings in your illustration ﬁle.
Further Instructions. Please ﬁnd more detailed instructions about ﬁgure and
graphic sizing, placement, labeling, screenshots, halftones, shading, etc. at
http://www.springer.com > Our services for: authors > Author Guidelines
> Preparing Illustrations.
Figures should be in eps format with fonts embedded, without preview and with
the so-called bounding box adjusted to the actual content of the ﬁgure. Use the
standard LATEX “graphicx” package to include your graphics ﬁles.
Tables. By default, tables and their captions are justiﬁed. 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 ﬁnd coding examples in the enclosed
sample ﬁles.
Captions. A caption should read easily. It follows regular text rules for abbreviation, hyphenation, capitalization, and punctuation , however, it does not have
end punctuation.
Should a ﬁgure consist of several parts, please set the names of the parts in bold
face type inside the caption, e.g. Fig. 1.1 General explanation. a individual
description. b individual description.
Should you want to explain special line formats, etc. used in the ﬁgure, then
please set their description in italics, e.g. Fig. 1.1 In the upper edge the
phenomenon is illustrated (dashed line).

2.7

References

References may be cited in the text either by number (preferred) or by author/year. The reference list should ideally be sorted in alphabetical order –
even if reference numbers are used for the their citation in the text.
Please make sure that all references from the list are cited in the text. Those
not cited should be moved to a separate Further Reading section or chapter.
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, publisher’s name
and place, journal name, volume number, page numbers) and up to date (e.g.
edition number).
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If there are several works by the same author, the following order should be
used:
1. all works by the author alone, ordered chronologically by year of publication
2. all works by the author with a coauthor, ordered alphabetically by coauthor
3. all works by the author with several coauthors, ordered chronologically by
year of publication.
Always use the standard abbreviation of a journal’s name according to the ISSN
List of Title Word Abbreviations, see http://www.issn.org/en/node/344
The styling of references depends on the subject of your book:
• The two recommended styles for references in books on mathematical,
physical, statistical and computer sciences are depicted in the reference
section of the example pdf ﬁles [1–5] and [6–10]. If you use BiBTeX for
generating your reference list please use one of the two Springer styles
spmpsci.bst or spphys.bst.
• Examples of the most commonly used reference style in books on Psychology, Social Sciences are depicted in the reference section of the example
pdf ﬁles [11–15].
• Examples for references in books on Humanities, Linguistics, Philosophy
are depicted in the reference section of the example pdf ﬁles [16–20].
• Examples of the basic Springer style used in publications on a wide range of
subjects such as Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Geosciences,
Life Sciences, Medicine, Biomedicine are depicted in the reference section
of the example pdf ﬁles [21–25]. If you use BiBTeX for generating your
reference list please use the Springer style spbasic.bst.
For your own input follow the syntax of the corresponding style examples in the
pre-set template.
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 LATEX breaks
the line. The same applies to volume or page numbers.
For a description of SVMult enhancements to the bibliography environment
refer to the enclosed Reference Guide.

Tip:
Use the pre-set
templates

2.8

Index

Please make sure that your entries for the book’s general subject index are coded
with the command \index{} and please check the output for any redundancy
before submitting your manuscript ﬁles.
For more information on generating an index see [1].

Submitting your Manuscript

As soon as you have decided on the content and structure of your contribution
and have set up a representative portion of text, send this material including
ﬁgures for evaluation to the volume editor. Please check whether the source ﬁles
(i.e. *.tex, *.eps, *.cls, *.sty) are needed besides a printout.
Please direct any queries concerning the layout, LATEX coding, ﬁgures or the
contract side of your contribution 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.: LATEX – A Document Preparation System. 2nd ed. AddisonWesley, Reading, MA (1994)
[2] Goossens M., Mittelbach F., Samarin A.: The LATEX Companion. AddisonWesley, Reading, MA (1994)
[3] Knuth D.E.: The TEX book. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA (1986) and
revised to cover TEX3 (1991)
[4] TEX Users Group (TUG), http://www.tug.org
[5] Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung TEX e.V. (DANTE), Heidelberg,
Germany, http://www.dante.de
[6] UK TEX Users’ Group (UK-TuG), http://uk.tug.org

Subject Index
class options, 3
computer code, 7
cross-referencing, 6
ﬁgures
black and white, 9
captions, 9, 10
color, 9
digital, 9
graphics ﬁles
fonts, 10
format, 3, 10
including, 3
scaling, 3
grids and details, 9
lettering, 9
line weight, 9
overwide, 9
positioning, 9
scanned, 9
ﬂoating objects, 3
index, 3
layout
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 formulae, 7
delimiters, 8
diﬀerential 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, 8
punctuation, 7
subscripts, 8
superscripts, 8
tensors, 7
variables, 8
vectors, 7
references
data, 10
numbering system, 10
spelling checker, 6
tables
captions, 10
header, 10
layout, 10
overwide, 10
text mode
abbreviations, 5
abstracts, 4
dashes, 5
emphasizing text, 5
headings, 5
quotation marks, 6
running heads, 5
special expressions, 5
theorem-like environments, 5

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