[Tex/LaTex] How to modify \maketitle title page in amsbook

amsbookblank-pagepage-numberingtitles

Here is the preamble to my document, plus a little more.

\documentclass{amsbook}

\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}%
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{pgfplots}% This uses tikz
\pgfplotsset{compat=newest}% use newest version

%Pour les accents françaises
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[frenchb]{babel}
\usepackage[autolanguage]{numprint}

\begin{document}

\title[Long Title]{Les Mathématiques}
\author{M. Abdel Guerroui}
\maketitle
\tableofcontents

\mainmatter

\chapter{Intégrales Correction Problème 1}

I'm having a little trouble adjusting to the amsbook style. Here's what I need:

  1. To have no blank pages whatsoever.
  2. To have the first page start at #1 and continue through the whole document, not restart at the first chapter.
  3. To be able to put the title, author, and a photo on the very first page of the document.

Best Answer

  1. use option [openany] with \documentclass.

  2. put \mainmatter immediately after \begin{document} instead of after \tableofcontents.

  1. here is a modified version of your example that redefines the relevant part of \maketitle, including only a title, author, and space for a photo; you can adjust spacing as desired.

note that the packages amsmath and amsfonts have been omitted; they are built into all ams document classes.

\documentclass[openany]{amsbook}

\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{pgfplots}% This uses tikz
\pgfplotsset{compat=newest}% use newest version

%Pour les accents françaises
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[frenchb]{babel}
\usepackage[autolanguage]{numprint}

\newcommand{\coverpic}{\fbox{%
  \begin{minipage}{3cm}
    \vspace*{1cm}\centering
     photo for first page
     \vspace{1cm}
  \end{minipage}
  }\par
}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\@maketitle}{%
  \thispagestyle{plain}%
  \begingroup \topskip\z@skip
  \null\vfil
  \centering
  \begingroup
    \LARGE\bfseries
    \@title\par\vspace{24pt}%
    \def\and{\par\medskip}\centering
    \mdseries\authors\par\bigskip
  \endgroup
  \vfil
  \coverpic
  \vspace{10cm}
  \endgroup
  \newpage
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\mainmatter

\title[Long Title]{Les Mathématiques}
\author{M. Abdel Guerroui}
\maketitle
\tableofcontents

\chapter{Intégrales Correction Problème 1}
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