[Tex/LaTex] Suppressing the ‘Appendices’ page

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My book has a single appendix chapter called 'Mathematical Appendix'. I'm using the appendix package. How do I get rid of the 'Appendices' page?

Here's a MWE:

\documentclass[12pt,openany]{book}
\usepackage{appendix}
\renewcommand\appendixtocname{Mathematical Appendix}

\begin{document} 
\frontmatter 
\tableofcontents 
\mainmatter

\chapter{The first chapter}
Bla bla

\appendix
\appendixpage
\addappheadtotoc
\chapter*{Mathematical Appendix}
\renewcommand\thesection{A.\arabic{section}}
Bla bla
\section{Functions}
Bla bla

\end{document}

Best Answer

Delete the command \appendixpage.

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