\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{epsfig}          %allows figures to be inserted in .eps format

%this is a comment

%use this as a template only... you may not need the subsections,
%or lists however they are placed in the document to show you how 
%do it if needed.


\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{.25in}
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{.25in}
\setlength{\textwidth}{6in}
\setlength{\topmargin}{-0.4in}
\setlength{\textheight}{8.5in}


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\newcommand{\notes}[5]{
\renewcommand{\thepage}{#1 - \arabic{page}}
\noindent
\begin{center}
\framebox{
\vbox{
\hbox to 5.78in { { \bf Statistical Physics for Communication and Computer Science}
\hfill #2}
\vspace{4mm}
\hbox to 5.78in { {\Large \hfill #5 \hfill} }
\vspace{2mm}
\hbox to 5.78in { {\it #3 \hfill #4} }
}
}
\end{center}
\vspace*{4mm}
}

\newcommand{\ho}[5]{\notes{#1}{#2}{Lecturer: #3}{Scribe:#4}{Lecture Notes #1: #5}}
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%begins a LaTeX document
\begin{document}

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%insert the date
%insert your name
%insert the lecture title in place of the placeholders
\ho{1}{Date}{Macris or Urbanke}{I M First}{Lecture title}
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%begin new section ... places Introduction in bold larger font
\section{Introduction}

%makes section without a section number
\section*{Introduction}

% Place the introduction to the lecture here!
% Good place to put what the main points of the lecture was

%if you wish to use subsections
\subsection{First Subsection}

\subsection{Second Subsection}

\subsection*{Unnumbered subsection}


\section{Section 2}

{\bf definition}:places definition in bold font and continues to show
typing here! 
  
\section{Section 3}

\begin{itemize}
\item {\em Def 1} bullets Def 1 and places it into italics
\item {\em Def 2} bullets Def 2 and places it into italics
\end{itemize}

 \section{Section 4}

See other lecture .tex files for more formatting examples.

%ends document
\end{document}
