[OS X TeX] Supressing Chapter Numbers in book.cls

[Axel E. Retif]

On  15 May, 2007, at 09:27, Frederick Hoyt wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Does any know a way to supress chapter numbers in sectioning commands
> in the book document class?
>
> In other words, book.cls prints section (and subsection) numbers with
> the chapter number prefixed to the section number:
>
> [in Chapter 1]
>
> 1.1 (for section 1)
> 1.1.2 (for subsection 1.2)
> etc.
>
> I do not want the chapter number to print:
>
> 1. (for section 1)
> 1.2 (for subsection 1.2)

\renewcommand{\thesection}{\arabic{section}.}
\renewcommand{\thesubsection}{\arabic{section}.\arabic{subsection}}


Best,

Axel



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