%---------------BEJournal Custom Definitions--------------

\def\liminf{\mathop{\rm lim\, inf}\limits}
\DeclareMathOperator{\Ex}{\mathbb{E}}
\def\var{\operatorname{var}}
\def\cov{\operatorname{cov}}
\def\std{\operatorname{std}}
\def\argmax{\operatornamewithlimits{arg\,max}}

%---------------Custom Modifications----------------------

% \htline defines a thick horizontal line in table
\def\htline{\noalign{\hrule height 2\arrayrulewidth}}

% \hdline defines a dotted horizontal line in table
\def\hdline{\noalign{.\dotfill{}.}}

%To keep footnotes on a single page except in extreme cases
\interfootnotelinepenalty=5000 %from 0 to 10000

%To prevent hyphenation
\hyphenpenalty=5000 %from 0 to 10000, default is 200

%To prevent breaking math formula
\relpenalty=4000 %from 0 to 10000, default is 500

%To prevent breaking math formula after binary operator 
\binoppenalty=10000 %from 0 to 10000, default is 700

%To control line spacing
%\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5}  %2 for double spacing

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