I'm sorry if this is a duplicate, however I couldn't seem to find an exact answer to this anywhere. I am typing up a paper in LaTeX, and for ease of typing (although not that much admittedly), I would like to redefine the \section command so it doesn't give section numbers (ie is the same as \section*).
Initially, I naively tried \renewcommand{\section}{\section*}, however of course this led to an infinite recursion (since \section* is defined using \section), so didn't work. Next, having done a bit of research, it appeared I could circumvent this by doing (in the preamble):
\let\oldsection\section*\renewcommand{\section}{\oldsection}However this returned the error:
! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.13 \let\oldsection\section*I believe the error relates to the use of \section* in the \let command, however am not sure exactly what is wrong.
I know I could sort this out by doing:
\let\oldsection\section\renewcommand{\section*}{\oldsection}however I feel this isn't in the spirit of laziness which started me in this, and I would like (if possible), a solution which still allows me to use \section it optimal.
I suspect the solution may lie in a redefinition of the numbering rules for \section (which would be ok, however not ideal), however any help is greatly appreciated!
