preamble.tex

\usepackage{booktabs}

% some traditional defintions that can be blamed on craig barratt
\newcommand{\BEAS}{\begin{eqnarray*}}
\newcommand{\EEAS}{\end{eqnarray*}}
\newcommand{\BEA}{\begin{eqnarray}}
\newcommand{\EEA}{\end{eqnarray}}
\newcommand{\BEQ}{\begin{equation}}
\newcommand{\EEQ}{\end{equation}}
\newcommand{\BIT}{\begin{itemize}}
\newcommand{\EIT}{\end{itemize}}
\newcommand{\BNUM}{\begin{enumerate}}
\newcommand{\ENUM}{\end{enumerate}}
\newcommand{\BF}{\begin{frame}}
\newcommand{\EF}{\end{frame}}

\newcommand{\argmin}{\mathop{\rm argmin}}
\newcommand{\sign}{\mathop{\rm sign}}

% text abbrevs
\newcommand{\cf}{{\it cf.}}
\newcommand{\eg}{{\it e.g.}}
\newcommand{\ie}{{\it i.e.}}
\newcommand{\etc}{{\it etc.}}

\newcommand{\ones}{\mathbf 1}

% std math stuff
\newcommand{\reals}{{\mbox{\bf R}}}
\newcommand{\integers}{{\mbox{\bf Z}}}
\newcommand{\complex}{{\mbox{\bf C}}}
\newcommand{\symm}{{\mbox{\bf S}}}  % symmetric matrices

% lin alg stuff
\newcommand{\Span}{\mbox{\textrm{span}}}
\newcommand{\Range}{\mbox{\textrm{range}}}
\newcommand{\nullspace}{{\mathcal N}}
\newcommand{\range}{{\mathcal R}}
\newcommand{\Nullspace}{\mbox{\textrm{nullspace}}}
\newcommand{\Rank}{\mathop{\bf Rank}}
\newcommand{\Card}{\mathop{\bf Card}}
\newcommand{\Tr}{\mathop{\bf Tr}}
\newcommand{\diag}{\mathop{\bf diag}}
\newcommand{\lambdamax}{{\lambda_{\rm max}}}
\newcommand{\lambdamin}{\lambda_{\rm min}}

% probability stuff
\newcommand{\Expect}{\mathop{\bf E{}}}
\newcommand{\Prob}{\mathop{\bf Prob}}
\newcommand{\var}{\mathop{\bf var}}
\newcommand{\std}{\mathop{\bf std}}
\newcommand{\cov}{\mathop{\bf cov}}
\newcommand{\erf}{\mathop{\bf erf}}

\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  %preamble 
  \begin{axis}[xmin=-1.5, xmax=1.5, samples=101]
    \addplot[blue, ultra thick] (x, {x^2});
  \end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}