Document Classes ⇒ Custom Section Numbering

[KenBures]

I am using the book class. With that class chapters are automatically numbered 1, 2, 3 etc. Section numbers within a chapter are also numbered automatically starting with 1; for example, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, etc. I would like to start some chapters with sections beginning with number 0, as in 3.0, 3.1, 3.2. I want to apply this to specific chapters, not to all chapters globally. I tried the instruction \setcounter{section}{0} but that did not do anything. Either it is the wrong command or I put it in the wrong place. Can anyone tell me how to change the beginning section number in selected chapters? I would like to know what command to type, and where to type it relative to the \section{SectionName} command. I don't have any experience changing the defaults of a document class, as you can probably tell. Nor could I find an answer for this in the forum archives. Thanks.

[localghost]

[…] I tried the instruction \setcounter{section}{0} but that did not do anything. […]

At the relevant places you can try \setcounter{section}{-1} instead.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten