\def\maketitle{\par
 \begingroup
   \def\thefootnote{\fnsymbol{footnote}}%
   \def\@makefnmark{\hbox
       to\z@{$\m@th^{\@thefnmark}$\hss}}%
   \if@twocolumn
     \twocolumn[\@maketitle]%
     \else \newpage
     \global\@topnum\z@
     \@maketitle \fi\@thanks
 \endgroup
 \setcounter{footnote}{0}%
 \let\maketitle\relax
 \let\@maketitle\relax
 \gdef\@thanks{}\gdef\@author{}\gdef\@title{}\let\thanks\relax}
