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1% partial rewrite of the LaTeX2e package for submissions to the2% Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS):3%4% - uses more LaTeX conventions5% - line numbers at submission time replaced with aligned numbers from6%   lineno package7% - \nipsfinalcopy replaced with [final] package option8% - automatically loads times package for authors9% - loads natbib automatically; this can be suppressed with the10%   [nonatbib] package option11% - adds foot line to first page identifying the conference12% - adds preprint option for submission to e.g. arXiv13% - conference acronym modified14%15% Roman Garnett (garnett@wustl.edu) and the many authors of16% nips15submit_e.sty, including MK and drstrip@sandia17%18% last revision: April 202519 20\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}21\ProvidesPackage{neurips_2025}[2025/04/02 NeurIPS 2025 submission/camera-ready style file]22 23% declare final option, which creates camera-ready copy24\newif\if@neuripsfinal\@neuripsfinalfalse25\DeclareOption{final}{26  \@neuripsfinaltrue27}28 29% declare nonatbib option, which does not load natbib in case of30% package clash (users can pass options to natbib via31% \PassOptionsToPackage)32\newif\if@natbib\@natbibtrue33\DeclareOption{nonatbib}{34  \@natbibfalse35}36 37% declare preprint option, which creates a preprint version ready for38% upload to, e.g., arXiv39\newif\if@preprint\@preprintfalse40\DeclareOption{preprint}{41  \@preprinttrue42}43 44\ProcessOptions\relax45 46% determine whether this is an anonymized submission47\newif\if@submission\@submissiontrue48\if@neuripsfinal\@submissionfalse\fi49\if@preprint\@submissionfalse\fi50 51% fonts52\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ptm}53\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{phv}54 55% change this every year for notice string at bottom56\newcommand{\@neuripsordinal}{39th}57\newcommand{\@neuripsyear}{2025}58\newcommand{\@neuripslocation}{San Diego}59 60% acknowledgments61\usepackage{environ}62\newcommand{\acksection}{\section*{Acknowledgments and Disclosure of Funding}}63\NewEnviron{ack}{%64  \acksection65  \BODY66}67 68 69% load natbib unless told otherwise70\if@natbib71  \RequirePackage{natbib}72\fi73 74% set page geometry75\usepackage[verbose=true,letterpaper]{geometry}76\AtBeginDocument{77  \newgeometry{78    textheight=9in,79    textwidth=5.5in,80    top=1in,81    headheight=12pt,82    headsep=25pt,83    footskip=30pt84  }85  \@ifpackageloaded{fullpage}86    {\PackageWarning{neurips_2025}{fullpage package not allowed! Overwriting formatting.}}87    {}88}89 90\widowpenalty=1000091\clubpenalty=1000092\flushbottom93\sloppy94 95 96% font sizes with reduced leading97\renewcommand{\normalsize}{%98  \@setfontsize\normalsize\@xpt\@xipt99  \abovedisplayskip      7\p@ \@plus 2\p@ \@minus 5\p@100  \abovedisplayshortskip \z@ \@plus 3\p@101  \belowdisplayskip      \abovedisplayskip102  \belowdisplayshortskip 4\p@ \@plus 3\p@ \@minus 3\p@103}104\normalsize105\renewcommand{\small}{%106  \@setfontsize\small\@ixpt\@xpt107  \abovedisplayskip      6\p@ \@plus 1.5\p@ \@minus 4\p@108  \abovedisplayshortskip \z@  \@plus 2\p@109  \belowdisplayskip      \abovedisplayskip110  \belowdisplayshortskip 3\p@ \@plus 2\p@   \@minus 2\p@111}112\renewcommand{\footnotesize}{\@setfontsize\footnotesize\@ixpt\@xpt}113\renewcommand{\scriptsize}{\@setfontsize\scriptsize\@viipt\@viiipt}114\renewcommand{\tiny}{\@setfontsize\tiny\@vipt\@viipt}115\renewcommand{\large}{\@setfontsize\large\@xiipt{14}}116\renewcommand{\Large}{\@setfontsize\Large\@xivpt{16}}117\renewcommand{\LARGE}{\@setfontsize\LARGE\@xviipt{20}}118\renewcommand{\huge}{\@setfontsize\huge\@xxpt{23}}119\renewcommand{\Huge}{\@setfontsize\Huge\@xxvpt{28}}120 121% sections with less space122\providecommand{\section}{}123\renewcommand{\section}{%124  \@startsection{section}{1}{\z@}%125                {-2.0ex \@plus -0.5ex \@minus -0.2ex}%126                { 1.5ex \@plus  0.3ex \@minus  0.2ex}%127                {\large\bf\raggedright}%128}129\providecommand{\subsection}{}130\renewcommand{\subsection}{%131  \@startsection{subsection}{2}{\z@}%132                {-1.8ex \@plus -0.5ex \@minus -0.2ex}%133                { 0.8ex \@plus  0.2ex}%134                {\normalsize\bf\raggedright}%135}136\providecommand{\subsubsection}{}137\renewcommand{\subsubsection}{%138  \@startsection{subsubsection}{3}{\z@}%139                {-1.5ex \@plus -0.5ex \@minus -0.2ex}%140                { 0.5ex \@plus  0.2ex}%141                {\normalsize\bf\raggedright}%142}143\providecommand{\paragraph}{}144\renewcommand{\paragraph}{%145  \@startsection{paragraph}{4}{\z@}%146                {1.5ex \@plus 0.5ex \@minus 0.2ex}%147                {-1em}%148                {\normalsize\bf}%149}150\providecommand{\subparagraph}{}151\renewcommand{\subparagraph}{%152  \@startsection{subparagraph}{5}{\z@}%153                {1.5ex \@plus 0.5ex \@minus 0.2ex}%154                {-1em}%155                {\normalsize\bf}%156}157\providecommand{\subsubsubsection}{}158\renewcommand{\subsubsubsection}{%159  \vskip5pt{\noindent\normalsize\rm\raggedright}%160}161 162% float placement163\renewcommand{\topfraction      }{0.85}164\renewcommand{\bottomfraction   }{0.4}165\renewcommand{\textfraction     }{0.1}166\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.7}167 168\newlength{\@neuripsabovecaptionskip}\setlength{\@neuripsabovecaptionskip}{7\p@}169\newlength{\@neuripsbelowcaptionskip}\setlength{\@neuripsbelowcaptionskip}{\z@}170 171\setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{\@neuripsabovecaptionskip}172\setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{\@neuripsbelowcaptionskip}173 174% swap above/belowcaptionskip lengths for tables175\renewenvironment{table}176  {\setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{\@neuripsbelowcaptionskip}%177   \setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{\@neuripsabovecaptionskip}%178   \@float{table}}179  {\end@float}180 181% footnote formatting182\setlength{\footnotesep }{6.65\p@}183\setlength{\skip\footins}{9\p@ \@plus 4\p@ \@minus 2\p@}184\renewcommand{\footnoterule}{\kern-3\p@ \hrule width 12pc \kern 2.6\p@}185\setcounter{footnote}{0}186 187% paragraph formatting188\setlength{\parindent}{\z@}189\setlength{\parskip  }{5.5\p@}190 191% list formatting192\setlength{\topsep       }{4\p@ \@plus 1\p@   \@minus 2\p@}193\setlength{\partopsep    }{1\p@ \@plus 0.5\p@ \@minus 0.5\p@}194\setlength{\itemsep      }{2\p@ \@plus 1\p@   \@minus 0.5\p@}195\setlength{\parsep       }{2\p@ \@plus 1\p@   \@minus 0.5\p@}196\setlength{\leftmargin   }{3pc}197\setlength{\leftmargini  }{\leftmargin}198\setlength{\leftmarginii }{2em}199\setlength{\leftmarginiii}{1.5em}200\setlength{\leftmarginiv }{1.0em}201\setlength{\leftmarginv  }{0.5em}202\def\@listi  {\leftmargin\leftmargini}203\def\@listii {\leftmargin\leftmarginii204              \labelwidth\leftmarginii205              \advance\labelwidth-\labelsep206              \topsep  2\p@ \@plus 1\p@    \@minus 0.5\p@207              \parsep  1\p@ \@plus 0.5\p@ \@minus 0.5\p@208              \itemsep \parsep}209\def\@listiii{\leftmargin\leftmarginiii210              \labelwidth\leftmarginiii211              \advance\labelwidth-\labelsep212              \topsep    1\p@ \@plus 0.5\p@ \@minus 0.5\p@213              \parsep    \z@214              \partopsep 0.5\p@ \@plus 0\p@ \@minus 0.5\p@215              \itemsep \topsep}216\def\@listiv {\leftmargin\leftmarginiv217              \labelwidth\leftmarginiv218              \advance\labelwidth-\labelsep}219\def\@listv  {\leftmargin\leftmarginv220              \labelwidth\leftmarginv221              \advance\labelwidth-\labelsep}222\def\@listvi {\leftmargin\leftmarginvi223              \labelwidth\leftmarginvi224              \advance\labelwidth-\labelsep}225 226% create title227\providecommand{\maketitle}{}228\renewcommand{\maketitle}{%229  \par230  \begingroup231    \renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}}232    % for perfect author name centering233    \renewcommand{\@makefnmark}{\hbox to \z@{$^{\@thefnmark}$\hss}}234    % The footnote-mark was overlapping the footnote-text,235    % added the following to fix this problem               (MK)236    \long\def\@makefntext##1{%237      \parindent 1em\noindent238      \hbox to 1.8em{\hss $\m@th ^{\@thefnmark}$}##1239    }240    \thispagestyle{empty}241    \@maketitle242    \@thanks243    \@notice244  \endgroup245  \let\maketitle\relax246  \let\thanks\relax247}248 249% rules for title box at top of first page250\newcommand{\@toptitlebar}{251  \hrule height 4\p@252  \vskip 0.25in253  \vskip -\parskip%254}255\newcommand{\@bottomtitlebar}{256  \vskip 0.29in257  \vskip -\parskip258  \hrule height 1\p@259  \vskip 0.09in%260}261 262% create title (includes both anonymized and non-anonymized versions)263\providecommand{\@maketitle}{}264\renewcommand{\@maketitle}{%265  \vbox{%266    \hsize\textwidth267    \linewidth\hsize268    \vskip 0.1in269    \@toptitlebar270    \centering271    {\LARGE\bf \@title\par}272    \@bottomtitlebar273    \if@submission274      \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\bf\rule{\z@}{24\p@}275        Anonymous Author(s) \\276        Affiliation \\277        Address \\278        \texttt{email} \\279      \end{tabular}%280    \else281      \def\And{%282        \end{tabular}\hfil\linebreak[0]\hfil%283        \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\bf\rule{\z@}{24\p@}\ignorespaces%284      }285      \def\AND{%286        \end{tabular}\hfil\linebreak[4]\hfil%287        \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\bf\rule{\z@}{24\p@}\ignorespaces%288      }289      \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\bf\rule{\z@}{24\p@}\@author\end{tabular}%290    \fi291    \vskip 0.3in \@minus 0.1in292  }293}294 295% add conference notice to bottom of first page296\newcommand{\ftype@noticebox}{8}297\newcommand{\@notice}{%298  % give a bit of extra room back to authors on first page299  \enlargethispage{2\baselineskip}%300  \@float{noticebox}[b]%301    \footnotesize\@noticestring%302  \end@float%303}304 305% abstract styling306\renewenvironment{abstract}%307{%308  \vskip 0.075in%309  \centerline%310  {\large\bf Abstract}%311  \vspace{0.5ex}%312  \begin{quote}%313}314{315  \par%316  \end{quote}%317  \vskip 1ex%318}319 320% For the paper checklist321\newcommand{\answerYes}[1][]{\textcolor{blue}{[Yes] #1}}322\newcommand{\answerNo}[1][]{\textcolor{orange}{[No] #1}}323\newcommand{\answerNA}[1][]{\textcolor{gray}{[NA] #1}}324\newcommand{\answerTODO}[1][]{\textcolor{red}{\bf [TODO]}}325\newcommand{\justificationTODO}[1][]{\textcolor{red}{\bf [TODO]}}326 327% handle tweaks for camera-ready copy vs. submission copy328\if@preprint329  \newcommand{\@noticestring}{%330    Preprint. Under review.%331  }332\else333  \if@neuripsfinal334    \newcommand{\@noticestring}{%335      \@neuripsordinal\/ Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems336      (NeurIPS \@neuripsyear).%, \@neuripslocation.%337    }338  \else339    \newcommand{\@noticestring}{%340      Submitted to \@neuripsordinal\/ Conference on Neural Information341      Processing Systems (NeurIPS \@neuripsyear). Do not distribute.%342    }343 344    % hide the acknowledgements345    \NewEnviron{hide}{}346    \let\ack\hide347    \let\endack\endhide348 349    % line numbers for submission350    \RequirePackage{lineno}351    \linenumbers352 353    % fix incompatibilities between lineno and amsmath, if required, by354    % transparently wrapping linenomath environments around amsmath355    % environments356    \AtBeginDocument{%357      \@ifpackageloaded{amsmath}{%358        \newcommand*\patchAmsMathEnvironmentForLineno[1]{%359          \expandafter\let\csname old#1\expandafter\endcsname\csname #1\endcsname360          \expandafter\let\csname oldend#1\expandafter\endcsname\csname end#1\endcsname361          \renewenvironment{#1}%362                          {\linenomath\csname old#1\endcsname}%363                          {\csname oldend#1\endcsname\endlinenomath}%364        }%365        \newcommand*\patchBothAmsMathEnvironmentsForLineno[1]{%366          \patchAmsMathEnvironmentForLineno{#1}%367          \patchAmsMathEnvironmentForLineno{#1*}%368        }%369        \patchBothAmsMathEnvironmentsForLineno{equation}%370        \patchBothAmsMathEnvironmentsForLineno{align}%371        \patchBothAmsMathEnvironmentsForLineno{flalign}%372        \patchBothAmsMathEnvironmentsForLineno{alignat}%373        \patchBothAmsMathEnvironmentsForLineno{gather}%374        \patchBothAmsMathEnvironmentsForLineno{multline}%375      }376      {}377    }378  \fi379\fi380 381 382\endinput383