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diff --git a/mjo-linear_algebra.tex b/mjo-linear_algebra.tex
index d423a43..204ad05 100644
--- a/mjo-linear_algebra.tex
+++ b/mjo-linear_algebra.tex
@@ -5,14 +5,18 @@
 \def\havemjolinearalgebra{1}
 
 
-% Needed for \lvert, \rVert, etc. and \operatorname.
-\usepackage{amsmath}
+\ifx\lvert\undefined
+  \usepackage{amsmath} % \lvert, \rVert, etc. and \operatorname.
+\fi
 
-% Wasysym contains the \ocircle that we use in \directsumperp.
-\usepackage{wasysym}
+\ifx\ocircle\undefined
+  \usepackage{wasysym}
+\fi
 
-% Part of the adjustbox package; needed to clip the \perp sign.
-\usepackage{trimclip}
+\ifx\clipbox\undefined
+  % Part of the adjustbox package; needed to clip the \perp sign.
+  \usepackage{trimclip}
+\fi
 
 \input{mjo-common}
 
@@ -47,6 +51,17 @@
 % The trace of an operator.
 \newcommand*{\trace}[1]{ \operatorname{trace}\of{{#1}} }
 
+
+% The "rank" of its argument, which is context-dependent. It can mean
+% any or all of,
+%
+%   * the rank of a matrix,
+%   * the rank of a power-associative algebra (particularly an EJA),
+%   * the rank of an element in a Euclidean Jordan algebra.
+%
+\newcommand*{\rank}[1]{ \operatorname{rank}\of{{#1}} }
+
+
 % The ``span of'' operator. The name \span is already taken.
 \newcommand*{\spanof}[1]{ \operatorname{span}\of{{#1}} }