Page Layout ⇒ Section Numbering by Parts

[Latexlover]

Hi everyone,

I am using the article class to write my thesis. The thesis is in two parts and each part has its own abstract, introduction, main text, conclusion, etc.

Automatic section numbering obviously starts with 1 and then increments each section. However, I want each part in my thesis to have its own numbering so that instead of the following (which I have at the moment):

Part I Thesis part 1
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Main text
3. Conclusion

Part II Thesis part 2
Abstract
4. Introduction
5. Main text
6. Conclusion

I want to get this:

Part I Thesis part 1
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Main text
3. Conclusion

Part II Thesis part 2
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Main text
3. Conclusion

In other words, I want to replace the 4. 5. And 6. for part II with 1. 2. And 3.
I have tried using counters but failed thus far. I am pretty sure there is a very neat and easy way of doing this in LaTeX but can't figure it out.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thank you very much

[kaiserkarl13]

Does \setcounter{section}{0} or some iteration thereof do the trick? Note that you may have to run LaTeX twice before the numbers change, of course.

By the way, why are you writing these as parts instead of chapters? Also, the report class is more typical for theses than is the article class. Not that it's wrong to do it your way, it just isn't what I would expect.