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In my LaTeX template, there is a page contained the chapter part that is too far from top of the page like the following:

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My LaTeX file uses amsbook: \documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{amsbook}. This happened only in the chapter page, the others are normal.

My question is: how can I fix it?

Mensch
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trequartista
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    What do you mean by "chapter page"? The beginning of a new chapter? Please add a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem. It will be much easier for us to reproduce your situation and find out what the issue is when we see compilable code, starting with \documentclass{...} and ending with \end{document}. – Anke Apr 10 '13 at 08:20
  • Thank Anke for this, I mean exactly the beginning of a new chapter. I will add the minimal working example. – trequartista Apr 10 '13 at 08:45

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since you are using amsbook, the "sink" (the vertical distance) above the chapter title can be decreased by redefining the value of \topskip in the code that sets the title block.

here is the code from amsbook.cls, with the part to be changed indicated.

\makeatletter
\def\@makechapterhead#1{%
  %% change the value of \topskip from 7.5pc to the desired value
  \global\topskip 7.5pc\relax
  \begingroup
  \fontsize{\@xivpt}{18}\bfseries\centering
    \ifnum\c@secnumdepth>\m@ne
      \leavevmode \hskip-\leftskip
      \rlap{\vbox to\z@{\vss
          \centerline{\normalsize\mdseries
              \uppercase\@xp{\chaptername}\enspace\thechapter}
          \vskip 3pc}}\hskip\leftskip\fi
     #1\par \endgroup
  \skip@34\p@ \advance\skip@-\normalbaselineskip
  \vskip\skip@ }
\def\@makeschapterhead#1{%
  %% change the value of \topskip from 7.5pc to the desired value
  \global\topskip 7.5pc\relax
  \begingroup
  \fontsize{\@xivpt}{18}\bfseries\centering
  #1\par \endgroup
  \skip@34\p@ \advance\skip@-\normalbaselineskip
  \vskip\skip@ }
\makeatother

\@makechapterhead formats "regular" chapter headings; \@makeschapterhead does the same for the starred version. \topskip specifies the sink to the main title, so it should not be reduced to zero; enough space must remain to accommodate the "chapter n" line.

barbara beeton
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