diff --git a/doc/parallel/parallel.tex b/doc/parallel/parallel.tex
index b20a8845ccd6b2ca09cbcd5a616b0ce0de6edd0a..0a3015c55d74431072541c77f297040a6d38b1b2 100644
--- a/doc/parallel/parallel.tex
+++ b/doc/parallel/parallel.tex
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
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 \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath}
 \usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
 \usepackage{epstopdf}