# Theorem title formatting

I want to display a theorem title, it is simple:

\begin{theorem}[Name]


I get

Theorem 4.5 (Name).


but I don't like the dot at the end. I want it to look like this:

Theorem 4.5. (Name)


Can you help me with that?

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Welcome to TeX.SE! It would be best if you could provide a MWE in particular, please include the packages you use to create your theorems (amsthm?, thmtools? ntheorem? other?). Welcome! –  cmhughes Oct 27 '12 at 18:04

## 1 Answer

The amsthm package allows you to define custom theorem styles, with custom heading specifications. To get the formatting you desire, you can define a new style, say custom, and then declare a theorem environment using that style. Here's an example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsthm}

% Create a custom theorem style.
\newtheoremstyle{custom}
{\topsep}   % Space above
{\topsep}   % Space below
{\itshape}  % Body font
{0pt}       % Indent amount (empty value is the same as 0pt)
{\bfseries} % Theorem head font
{}          % Punctuation after theorem head
{5pt plus 1pt minus 1pt} % Space after theorem head
{\thmname{#1}\thmnumber{ #2}.\thmnote{ (#3)}} % Theorem head spec

% Create a theorem environment using the custom style.
\theoremstyle{custom}
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}

\begin{document}

\begin{theorem}[Name]
This is the new theorem environment.
\end{theorem}

\end{document}

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