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What could be the reason? Somehow a blank page with some random number gets inserted between two chapters.

\flushbottom
\include{chapter1}
\flushbottom
%%-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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\flushbottom
\include{chapter2}
\flushbottom
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%%-------------------------------------------------------------------------
\flushbottom
\include{chapter3}
\flushbottom
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------

%-------------------------------------------------------------------------
\flushbottom
\include{chapter4}
\flushbottom
egreg
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Vivek Patel
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    Welcome to TeX.sx! Can you add information about the class you're using? – egreg Apr 30 '13 at 15:45
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    \flushbottom is a declaration that affects all following pages, you only need issue it once. – David Carlisle Apr 30 '13 at 16:07
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    With twoside layout (default for class book) chapters start at odd numbered pages and sometimes LaTeX needs to insert a page to ensure this. – Heiko Oberdiek Apr 30 '13 at 16:22
  • Note what Heiko and David commented above. Besides, at the end of the chapter a \cleardoublepage is issued. An ugly method would be to use \let\cleardoublepage\clearpage in the beginning. –  May 01 '13 at 00:05
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    I tried \let\cleardoublepage\clearpage but it didn't work. Each chapter of my thesis produces a blank page before it starts. I'm using book' class withopenany' and `oneside' options. – Joarder Kamal Oct 21 '15 at 17:54

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Class options oneside/twoside

With twoside layout (default for class book) chapters start at odd numbered pages and sometimes LaTeX needs to insert a page to ensure this.

If you do not want to have a twoside layout, it can be overwritten by option oneside:

\documentclass[oneside]{book}

Class option openany

If the twoside layout should be kept, but a chapter can start on any page, then many classes support option openany, e.g.:

\documentclass[openany]{book}

Redefining \cleardoublepage

The "ugly method" of Harish Kumar's comment would be to redefine \cleardoublepage:

\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage
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Heiko Oberdiek
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  • Is there an easy possibility to change this behavior only for some chapters? I want a \cleardoublepage for all normal chapters but not in the appendix. – McLawrence Aug 16 '18 at 04:24
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    @McLawrence Since there should not be normal chapters after the appendix, just move the redefinition \let\cleardoublepage\clearpage to the appendix. – Heiko Oberdiek Aug 16 '18 at 16:33
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Unwanted one-page gap between two chapters can be eliminated using the syntax

\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage
Mensch
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karthik Kakaraparty
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I also had blank pages added randomly between chapters, but in my case, I solved this by removing "\begin{flushleft} and \end{flushleft}" from all chapters. In addition to this, I've added this command to my permeable file (master document) "\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage". I also added \cleardoubleoddpage and \let\cleardoublepage\clearpage to the master document.

This is my permeable file after the fix:

\cleardoubleoddpage
\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage

\begin{document}


\include{01_Titel}
\cleardoublepage{}
\include{02_danksagungen}
\cleardoublepage{}
\include{03_Abstract}
\cleardoublepage{}


% Beendet eine Seite und erzwingt auf den nachfolgenden Seiten die Ausgabe aller Gleitobjekte (z.B. Abbildungen), die bislang definiert, aber noch nicht ausgegeben wurden. Dieser Befehl fügt, falls nötig, eine leere Seite ein, sodaß die nächste Seite nach den Gleitobjekten eine ungerade Seitennummer hat. 
% pagestyle für gesamtes Dokument aktivieren
\pagestyle{fancy}
%Inhaltsverzeichnis
\tableofcontents
%Verzeichnis aller Abbildungen
\listoffigures
%Verzeichnis aller Tabellen
\listoftables
%\contentsline {chapter}{List of Tables}{iv}


\include{04_List_of_Symbols}
\cleardoublepage{}
\include{05_List_of_Abbreviations}
\cleardoublepage{}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\cleardoublepage{}
\include{06_Introduction}
\cleardoublepage{}
\include{07_State_of_the_Art}
\cleardoublepage{}
\include{08_Theory}
\cleardoublepage{}
\include{09_Methodology}
\cleardoublepage{}
\include{10_Simulation_Results}
\cleardoublepage{}
\include{11_Conclusion}
\cleardoublepage{}
\include{12_Appendix}
\cleardoublepage{}


%Literaturverzeichnis
\newpage
\bibliographystyle{unsrtdin}
%\bibliographystyle{alphadin}
\bibliography{13_Literatur}


\end{document}
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Ghazi Omairi
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  • why did I get -1 reputation on this post ? – Ghazi Omairi Mar 13 '22 at 18:32
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    Not my downvote, but \cleardoubleoddpage doesn't make sense before the document begins. All of those \include calls mean that no one else can really use your code. \cleardoublepage shouldn't have {} after it. So you have lots of not as relevant information, and the relevant bits are a bit strange. – Teepeemm May 08 '23 at 20:13