Hello, this is a package containing three sets of files that claim to produce
theses that pass the requirements of the OSU graduate school.  Two of these are
called "gthesis2", and the third one is called "beavtex".

Note that there are two versions of "gthesis2".  This setup was originally
produced in 1997 by Tolga Acar at OSU, from article.cls and another file called
osuthes.sty whose provenance is unknown.  The apparently original version of the
Tolga Acar setup is in the gthesis2a directory.  Later, this setup was updated
by Black, Bryant, and Gibson resulting in the 2012 version in the gthesis2b
directory.  In all cases, the setup consists of a class file, a style file, and
three font size files.

A newer approach by Neville Mehta is in the "beavtex" directory.  Compared to
the Tolga Acar setup, it seems simpler and easier to use at first glance.

There are usage samples for these three setups in the *-sample directories.  The
files therein compile and produce proper output with TeXShop on macOS.

The sample files periodically complain about the theorem numbering scheme
including unwanted zeros in some situations.  For example, if you want section
numbering so that theorems are numbered 1.2.3 (chapter 1, section 2, theorem 3),
then if you add a theorem in a chapter before any chapter section begins you
will get something like 1.0.3 instead of just 1.3.  A way out of this that seems
more reasonable than the solutions discussed in the style files and so on is to
have two theorem environments, like this.

\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}
\newtheorem{theoremc}{Theorem}
\newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition}
\newtheorem{propositionc}[theoremc]{Proposition}
\numberwithin{theorem}{section}
\numberwithin{theoremc}{chapter}

The theorem and proposition environments number by section (three digits), the
theoremc and propositionc environments number by chapter (two digits).  Then,
just use the right theorem for the right numbering scheme you want depending on
where in the text you place the theorems.  Observe that in the example given,
propositions share the counter with theorems.

Since you are likely going to split your thesis document into pieces which then
are compiled together via \input{...}, consider the following bit to facilitate
working with TeXShop.  Suppose you have a main file called beavtex.tex, and a
directory called contents which contains the bits of your thesis.  Then, begin
each tex file in the contents directory with the following.

% !TEX root = ../beavtex.tex

This tells TeXShop that the main file for this project is beavtex.tex, so when
you ask TeXShop to compile while editing a partial file it will compile the
whole thesis instead of trying to compile a portion of your work in isolation.


Other notes.

Do not forget to review what the OSU graduate school requirements are.

The gthesis2b sample thesis has relevant information on how to use gthesis2.

The missing graphics in the gthesis2a sample were replaced with a photo of
Spanish mathematician Julio Rey Pastor.  There are a few other modifications to
the thesis .tex file due to character encoding issues.

The missing thesis files in the beavtex sample were replaced with Lorem Ipsum.


These files were organized as a journal submission package by Andres Valloud,
October 2025, with slight changes made in February 2026.

Serious mathematicians are those who never laugh.

Good luck :).
