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+**/auto/
+**/*.aux
+**/*.bbl
+**/*.bcf
+**/*.blg
+**/*.log
+**/*.out
+**/*.pdf
+**/*.run.xml
+**/*.synctex.gz
+**/*.nav
+**/*.snm
+**/*.toc
+tex/auto/
+tex/figures/preorder.log
+tex/framework.log
+tex/framework.pdf
+tex/introduction.log
+tex/overabundance.log
+tex/paradigms.log
+*~
+