RE: Column layout in TeX

["Marcus O.C. Metzler" <mocm@example.com>]

OZAWA -Crouton- Sakuro writes:
 > At Wed, 20 Dec 2000 19:12:24 +0900,
 > Stephen J. Turnbull <turnbull@example.com> wrote:
 > 
 > >> How do I get LaTex to create at two column layout, with an
 > >> abstract spanning the two columns?
 > 
 > > Have you tried \documentclass[twocolumn]{article}?
 > 
 > IIRC, 'twocolumn' (*) style does not fit to ulriks wish. It places the
 > abstract in first column only, and does not align the bottoms of the
 > colomns.
 > 
 > Is 'multicol' style still available in modern LaTeX2e? (I only have
 > experience of classic LaTeX, none of 2e:-)
 > 

I just looked it up in an old paper, try this:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\usepackage{amsmath,amscd,amssymb,subfigure,epsfig,array}
\twocolumn

\begin{document}
\title{Spectral Properties of the Chalker-Coddington Network}
\author{Marcus Metzler}
\author{\small\parbox{14.1cm}{\small
%\begin{abstract}
We numerically investigate the spectral statistics of pseudo-energies 
for the unitary network operator $U$ of the Chalker--Coddington network. 
We show that those statistics agree with results obtained for other models
of quantum Hall systems, by analyzing the shape of the spacing distribution
$P(s)$. 
%\end{abstract}
PACS: 71.23.AN, 71.30.+h, 73.40.Hm, 71.50.+t, 72.15.Rn
}}
\maketitle
\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:intro}
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\end{document}