packages.tex

% Packages I always call

% BiBTeX helper package that sorts citations and compresses consecutive numbered citations
\usepackage[numbers,sort&compress]{natbib}  

% Package to allow for the inclusion of graphics files
\usepackage{graphicx}

% The breqn package allows \left and \right delimiters to match across line breaks. 
% It requires the flexisym package
\usepackage{flexisym}	 
\usepackage{breqn}       

% Several important packages for math and physics typesetting
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm}
\usepackage{mathtools}   % Some improvements to AMS-LaTeX
\usepackage{physics}

%%% Fix some problems due to TeX being a super-old program

% The inputenc package allows you for the direct input of diacritic characters
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} 

% These 2 lines automatically replace ordinary quotation marks
% with asymmetric opening and closing quotation marks
\usepackage{csquotes}     
\MakeOuterQuote{"}       

%%% Useful things for while you're writing. Disable for final submission.

% Package to eliminate whitespace so you can see as much of your text as possible
\usepackage{fullpage}

% Package to insert todo notes and to insert placeholders for missing figures
\usepackage[colorinlistoftodos]{todonotes}   

% Package to display labels, useful for remembering how you labeled things
%\usepackage{showlabels}