Paper

\documentclass[nobib]{tufte-handout}

\title{Title of the handout\thanks{Thanks appear as sidenotes}}

\author[Author McAuthorson]{Author McAuthorson}

%\date{28 March 2010} % without \date command, current date is supplied

%\geometry{showframe} % display margins for debugging page layout

\usepackage{graphicx} % allow embedded images
  \setkeys{Gin}{width=\linewidth,totalheight=\textheight,keepaspectratio}
  \graphicspath{{graphics/}} % set of paths to search for images
\usepackage{amsmath}  % extended mathematics
\usepackage{booktabs} % book-quality tables
\usepackage{units}    % non-stacked fractions and better unit spacing
\usepackage{multicol} % multiple column layout facilities
\usepackage{lipsum}   % filler text
\usepackage{fancyvrb} % extended verbatim environments
  \fvset{fontsize=\normalsize}% default font size for fancy-verbatim environments

\input{mathcommands.tex}

\begin{document}

\maketitle% this prints the handout title, author, and date

\begin{abstract}
\noindent
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit.
\end{abstract}

Lorem ipsum.

\vspace{1cm}

Dolor sit amet. Consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed adhaesit complectum ante enim. 

Etenim extendunt tenebrae autem sunt. Quemadmodum speravimus adsunt quicumque. Et ergo quaesumus insuper.

%\bibliography{references}
%\bibliographystyle{plainnat}

\end{document}