{theorems} are environments which are commonly numbered. They are extensively used in math texts. Examples of such environments are theorems, corollaries, lemmas, propositions, remarks and definitions. Popular packages are {amsthm}, {ntheorem}, and {thmtools}. Covers discussion on proofs too.
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Box in a theorem environment
I am solving some exercises for my master program. I am including question and answer in a theorem environment. I would also like to have the question inside a gray box. The thing is that the gray box ...
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line spacing of Proof [closed]
I'm using the \linespread{1.8} for line spacing of my document in class offered by my university. Also, I'm using the \begin{proof} of the amsthm package. However, this \linespread{1.8} command is not ...
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Different numbering scheme per chapter
I would like to change the numbering scheme for my theorems per chapter. That's because I have smaller and bigger chapters. Bigger chapters need subsections for proper structuring, and so my theorems ...
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Proof environment - line break after the “Proof.”
I want to make the proof environment in amsthm package to auto add a line break right after the "Proof."
I tried the following code, which also removed the QED sign, but it doesn't work: No linebreak ...
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Math mode in theoremstyle head spec [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
\overline outside of math mode
I have three major elements in my LaTeX document;
the first one is a new command
\theoremhead[1]{\underline{\overline{#1}}}
The second ...
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Modified Section Labeling with Theorem Environment
I am writing up solutions to qualifying exams at my school, and want to label the sections according to the corresponding solutions. The issue, is that each year there are two quals--one in January, ...
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How can I make a custom theorem for a definition?
Looking at the wikibooks article on theorems has me wondering... I'd like to do something, if possible, similar to the default "proof" theorem style, whereby I can add a custom name to each theorem as ...
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beamer: Different numbering for Theorems, Examples, Definition, and Lemma
I want to have different numbering for Theorems, Examples, Definition, and Lemma. I use the following code in preamble
\setbeamertemplate{theorem}[ams style]
\setbeamertemplate{theorems}[numbered]
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How can I number theorems by section in LyX?
The theorem count doesn't update when I move to another section. I.e. I'm currently in section 6, and LyX has already in theorem 30, when theorem 1 is in section 1. How can I make LyX start counting ...
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Hyperref and theoremref conflict?
I initially thought that this problem was with Unicode characters, but reducing the file led to the MWE below which has none, so it seems that theoremref and hyperref don't like each other. Consider:
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Double vertical bars alongside statements of theorems
Prof. Hatcher describes a way to produce them in TeX here:
http://www.math.cornell.edu/~hatcher/AT/typography.html
I would like to know if any of you guys knows of a way to generate them in LaTeX.
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How to change the font shape in the body of theorem environments?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\newtheorem{defn}{Definition}
\newtheorem{pro}{Problem}
\newtheorem{thm}{Theorem}
\begin{document}
\begin{defn}
This is the first definition
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Vertical Spacing inside theorem enviroment
I am using theorem enviroment to seperate different exercises assigned as homework.
So my plan is to write exe's description, move a few lines below and then give my solution.
I am using \vspace{3cm} ...
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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 ...
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beamer: \nameref calls the name of the section instead of the name of the theorem environment
In my LaTeX documents, I am playing with a lot of axioms which I write under a theorem environment, while using the following math packages:
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
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misplaced qed symbol after displaymath inside item of inline list
My problem involes a qed symbol which appears too early.
My observations are that it happens after a displaymath inside an item of an unboxed inline list.
All of this seems to be necessary to produce ...
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How to add different Q.E.D. symbols to different theorems?
I have a series of theorem styles, two of them look like this:
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem{define}{Definition}
\theoremstyle{plain}
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}
I want to add a ...
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Line break in theorem header
I am using ntheorem to define my own environments like this
\theoremindent=0cm
\theoremheaderfont{\kern-0cm\normalfont\bfseries}
\theorembodyfont{\upshape}
\theoremstyle{break}
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\newmdtheoremenv-environment unnumbered
I would like to have a \newmdtheoremenv environment without any number, like I get it from \newtheorem*. How can I do this?
This is my \newmdtheoremenv environment at the moment.
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How do I adjust the placement of descriptions I've made alongside enumerated statements within a boxed theorem environment?
Basically, what I'd like is to have an elegant command that would enable descriptions (commutativity, associativity, etc.) made alongside enumerated statements to be aligned to the far right side of ...
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How to put white space under header in theorem environment
Ok, I am pretty new with latex so maybe this is a basic question. I am writing in theorem environment and I want to produce only white space under my theorem header, with the text continuing right ...
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How to remove line breaks before and after theorems?
By default, in the amsthm package, when you begin a theorem, LaTeX begins on a new line, and when you end the theorem, it also jumps to a new line. How can you prevent this behavior?
For example, I ...
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Subnumber equations within theorem environments but keep them intact otherwise
I want to number my equations in a manner similar to this. However, what I want is that when the equation is not within a theorem environment, there should be normal numbering 1,2,3,4. However, each ...
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redefine theorem environment with beamer
beamer seems to define theorem-environments such as definition, but i want to be able to define them myself. In particular I want to use thmtools.
\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Singapore}
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Theorem Spacing in Lists
I was wondering how I can change the spacing in my lists when I start my list off with a theorem environment. An example of this is that I have my list using the enumitem package with my code:
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Move QED symbol to the left, i.e. at the end of the sentence
I want to make the qed symbol at the end of a proof appear at the end of the last sentence, not at the far right of the same line.
Would like to do this the simplest way possible.
All I can find ...
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How to number propositions by part in beamer?
My presentation has three parts about three different papers. I would like to number the theorems and propositions within each part (paper).
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ToC like list of definitions (using theorem environments)
For one of my documents I use these commands to setup my theorem environments with amsthm:
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{framed}
\colorlet{shadecolor}{lightgray!25}
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List on theorem: unaligned [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Enumerate alignment problem in theorem environment
I have a problem with theorems. If the theorem contains only a list (itemize or enumerate) the first element of the ...
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Should theorems, propositions, conjectures, etc. share a common counter?
Should theorems, proposition, conjectures, etc. share a common counter?
For example, is the following good, for a theorem and a proposition to share the same number?
Theorem 1. ...
Proposition 1. ...
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wrapfigure in theorem-like environment
The following code does not create a wrapfigure within the thm environment. Is that because the latter is a list?
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\theoremstyle{plain}
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A numbered list with arbitrary order of items
Inside a theorem environment I have a numbered list of theorem statements.
Afterward it goes a proof. In the proof I prove every of the above specified numbered statements.
But the order in the ...
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Enumerate alignment problem in theorem environment
I'm using amsart. When I create an enumeration inside a theorem environment, the numbering is not aligned properly:
Theorem 14. (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
How do I shift the (2),(3),... to be aligned with ...
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How to create *local* labels/refs in LaTeX?
Concise question:
Is there any way to limit the scope in which a \label is visible to a \ref?
Motivation:
My current goal is to create a rather large document, containing many exercises and their ...
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ntheorem thref not working in section titles
When I try to refer to a theorem in a section title with thref, I get the error message at the end of this question. Is there a way to fix this?
Latex Error: ./seppathq.tex:57 Argument of ...
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Breaking a theorem between pages
I currently have this custom myexample theorem environment that is working absolutely great.
\newtheoremstyle{myexamplestyle}{}{}{}{}{\bfseries}{.}{ }{}
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Redefine block template for Beamer theorem-like environment
I would like to redefine the block templates for Beamer's theorem-like environments. For example, the example environment creates an exampleblock. I would like to make the definition environment do ...
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Theorem numbering error [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Resetting theorem counters: \sections and (missing) \subsections
I have the following in the preamble:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
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Preferred way of creating problem and solution environments
I know we can create problem-solution pairs using the exercise package but I am looking for something that is much simpler and similar to theorem and proof environments. I have solved this problem in ...
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Difference between \begin{theorem}…\end{theorem} and {\theorem …}
I see that both attempts to display a theorem in the following code generates similar output.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}
\begin{document}
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Usage of \hskip \labelsep while creating an environment with trivlist
I am trying to learn how to create a theorem like environment from http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer/Theorems.html
To keep the code below simple, I am not really defining a new ...
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Numbering a reworded theorem
When using LaTeX for numbered theorems (or other numbered environments for that matter), if you have a theorem, and then you want to give a reformulation of the theorem, is there anyway to get LaTeX ...
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Bookmark level unknown for first usage of newtheorem
The MWE below produces the following message in the log:
Package hyperref Info: bookmark level for unknown thm defaults to 0 on input line 12
How can I prevent this?
\documentclass{article}
...
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proof environment in beamer
I would need to move the symbol for the end of proof - a square a little bit up but ONLY on one slide, where the proof is quite long and the square has not seen very much.
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How to change the end-proof symbol in Beamer?
I would like to change the symbol for the end of proofs (the square) used in Beamer. It is quite thin, not very visible in some colorthemes. How can I have a thicker border and still in the structure ...
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Remove vertical space around theorems
I'm very new to LaTeX (a couple of days ago I didn't know how to use \newtheorem) and was hoping someone could help me with the following problem.
If I'm using \usepackage{amsthm}, how do I obtain ...
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A flexible enumeration for my maths dissertation
So I'm currently writing my maths dissertation.
Say I am in "section 5" of the dissertation and am ordering lemmas, propositions, theorems and corollaries by 5.1, 5.2, 5.3,... etc. Is there a way to ...
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How can I create a customized environment?
I would like to write some theorems down like this:
\begin{theorem}
\begin{preconditions}
$A := \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ 3 & 4 \end{pmatrix}$\\
$B := \begin{pmatrix} 2 ...
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How to avoid that the \newenvironment text is placed on one single page
I am using the \newenvironment command for the first time and well it's causing troubles.
I am using it for creating a new theorem environment
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb}
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A theoremstyle with complete indentation using amsthm
I want to define a theoremstyle using amsthm, such that the complete environments content produced by \newtheorem with this style are indented.
The following standalone example uses an adapted ...
