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+TEXC=pdflatex
+CFLAGS=-interaction=nonstopmode -halt-on-error -file-line-error
+BIBC=bibtex
+PAPER=thesis
+BIBLIO=$(PAPER)
+
+all: $(PAPER).pdf
+
+$(PAPER).aux: $(PAPER).tex
+	$(TEXC) $(CFLAGS) $(PAPER)
+
+$(BIBLIO).bbl: $(PAPER).aux $(BIBLIO).bib
+	$(BIBC) $(PAPER)
+
+$(PAPER).pdf: $(PAPER).aux $(BIBLIO).bbl
+	$(TEXC) $(CFLAGS) $(PAPER)
+	$(TEXC) $(CFLAGS) $(PAPER)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.log *.aux *.toc *.out
+	rm -f *.bbl *.blg *.fls *.xml
+	rm -f *.fdb_latexmk *.vtc *.cut
+	rm -f $(PAPER).pdf camera-ready.pdf submission.pdf
+	rm -f *.o *.cmx *.cmo