[Tex/LaTex] how to remove page numbers from first page of chapters

chaptersheader-footerpage-numbering

My report requires page numbers to start from 1st chapter 1st page.
So I use 

\pagenumbering{arabic}

just before I do 

\include{tex_files/chapter1)Introduction}

Now I want the page counting to start from 1st page, but I dont want the page numbers to appear on the first page of each chapter.

How to do this?

Answer :
Quick (and dirty?) solution: \thispagestyle{empty} just after \chapter{...}.

Best Answer

In the report class, it's the \chapter command that selects the page style for the first chapter page:

\newcommand\chapter{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
                    \thispagestyle{plain}%
                    \global\@topnum\z@
                    \@afterindentfalse
                    \secdef\@chapter\@schapter}

Thus a solution is to change plain into empty, by adding the following to the document preamble:

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\chapter{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
                    \thispagestyle{empty}%
                    \global\@topnum\z@
                    \@afterindentfalse
                    \secdef\@chapter\@schapter}
\makeatother

If you don't plan to use the plain pagestyle, then a simpler

\makeatletter
\let\ps@plain\ps@empty
\makeatother

would suffice.

A similar patch should probably be made also to \part; you can get both with this alternative code that doesn't require looking at report.cls in order to find the definitions:

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\patchcmd{\chapter}{plain}{empty}{}{}
\patchcmd{\part}{plain}{empty}{}{}
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