added \samethanks command

paper_template/text.tex

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
  \mathsection\or \mathparagraph\or \|\or **\or \dagger\dagger
   \or \ddagger\ddagger \else\@ctrerr\fi}}
 \makeatother
+\newcommand*\samethanks[1][\value{footnote}]{\footnotemark[#1]}
 
 % add bibliographic stuff 
 \usepackage[american]{babel}