{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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Equation numbering restart for every theorem

How to make the equation numbering restart after every proof? One alternative is to use \numberwithin{equation}{theorem} but it shows the chapter and theorem number, like (5.5.1). I want the ...
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Not numbering Remarks

If I have the following \newtheorem{remark}{Remark} I will obtain Remark 1, Remark 2 and so on. May I know how to remove the numbering in Remark? Like I just want the word "Remark" and not the ...
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Parts numbering in Proofs

I am using proof environment from amsthm to type proofs. Some proofs are long, so it would be nice to split them into numbered parts. I have defined new theorem environment called proofpart for that ...
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No Counter Theorem1 is defined

I got an exception in the following latex code: "No Counter Theorem1 is defined", what is the problem? \documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran} \newtheorem{definition}[theorem1]{Definition} ...
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subsection vs Theorem

This a typographical/style question. Inside a subsection (after just one paragraph) I have some theorems (amsmath environment). The word Theorem looks stronger (bold, starting with a capital letter) ...
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Plain enumeration of theorems definitions etc

In my TeX document Theorems, Definitions, Lemmas are enumerated in the following way: Definition 1.1 Lemma 1.1 Theorem 1.1 Definition 1.2 Lemma 1.2 Theorem 1.2 But I would like to have ...
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thmtools: How to prevent pagebreak between theorem and proof?

I am using thmtools to format a collection of theorems and their proofs. Is there any way to prevent a pagebreak from happening between the last line of a theorem statement and the first line of the ...
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Theorem/remark/proposition/etc tagging/labelling

I have been wondering this for years, and never really had so much trouble that I couldn't bear not to know, but now I think I'll just ask and see if anyone knows. It is common practice to label ...
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Indent text after line 1

How can I accomplish something like this: Basically, I want my text to be "indented" after the first line. It would be great if somebody knew an answer. Ideally I would like to do this, because I ...
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Non-italicized text in a \newfixedcaption

This is a very specific follow-up question to this answer given to this question. I want to insert a picture, and use overpic to label it, in between two paragraphs of text in a thm environment ...
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Theorem environment - centered line

\begin{theorem} Let apples be fruits and let tomatos be a veg. Then the following is true: \centerline{apples are veg} \end{theorem} I just read that one shouldn't use centerline because it's TeX ...
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How to change the way theorems are displayed with LyX?

The theorems are currently all displayed in bold, but I would like to display them in small-caps. My question is much like this one. However, I am using LyX with an AMS style document class, and was ...
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How to avoid double dot in Theorem Head Spec in case of theorem with no name?

I'm using the \newtheoremstyle{name} command to generate a specific theorem head spec in the form of: {\thmname{#1}\thmnumber{ #2}.\thmnote{ #3}} where #1 is Theorem, #2 is 'the theorem number', ...
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Add vertical space before and after framed-theorem environments

I want my theorem-like environments to be framed, as it's an effective way of making them stand out from the main text. According to Gonzalo Medina's answer to the question box around theorem ...
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Change from “Theorem 10.1” to “10.1 Theorem” [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Numbering theorem-like environments">Numbering theorem-like environments How can I change the order in which theorems are displayed? I want 10.1 Theorem and not Theorem ...
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thmtools - issue with head number style

I'm using thmtools to define a custom example environment. I'm styling the head as italic, but the number is not being styled correctly: it appears in normal mode instead of italic (the dot after the ...
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List of short problem names?

I typeset a book with problems and solutions. I need to get a list of short problem names. I expected there will be a way similar to pitcures: \caption[Figure name for List of Figures]{Caption name} ...
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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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placement of QED symbol on numbered equation line

This question is both on LaTeX and on mathematics writing style; I hope that's still apropriate here. I have a proof that ends with a (right) numbered equation, and I'm pondering about where to put ...
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Normal font in theorem when typesetting algorithms

I'm using amsthm and clrscode to typeset algorithms. I'd like to have my algorithms numbered, so I do this: \theoremstyle{plain} \newtheorem{algorithm}[equation]{Algorithm} \begin{algorithm} The ...
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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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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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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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Beamer newenvironment for theorems

I'm trying to define a new environment for theorems and I'm using this code: % Theorem box \pgfdeclarelayer{background} \pgfsetlayers{background,main} \tikzstyle{thmbox} = [inner sep=1em] ...
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ntheorem and theoremname

I'm using ntheorem (mostly for thmmarks), and I'd like to change the font used for the theorem name. Specifically, I'd like \begin{theorem}[Name of theorem] to generate "Theorem 1 (Name of ...
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Using page counter in \newtheorem

I would like to use the page counter as a the first part of the label for definitions. I tried \newtheorem{definition}{Definition}[page] but that wouldn't work if the definition is at the top of a ...
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Exporting Definitions

Below is part of the code for my notes. I would like to "easily" create a new document displaying only the definitions, theorems, and lemmas. I can copy and paste this and just delete what I do not ...
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Spacing (numwidth) control for listtheorems

I am using the \listtheorems command from ntheorem to generate a list of theorems for a document. However, because I number the theorems inside sections, the theorem number is a bit on the long side, ...
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Page-breaking over titles of theorems that have lists

When I have multiple part theorems, I use an enumerate environment inside my theorem environment. However, I don't like the list to start at the same level as the theorem title, since this produces ...
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QED symbol on the same page as proof

I'm using the proof environment from the amsthm package. In some cases, the last line of a proof falls at the end of a page, but the QED symbol (the little white box) ends up on the following page. ...
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How to configure theorems depending on the document class?

I would like to have \newtheorem{teo}{Teorema}[chapter] if the book class is loaded but \newtheorem{teo}{Teorema}[section] if the article class is loaded. Can I do this with some sort of ...
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New ideas for writing a thesis [closed]

As many of us, I am willing to write a thesis full of maths, fancy environments and all that. Each time I investigate the internet for ideas I find myself ending on the same websites with boring ...
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Redefining a theorem counter

I have a document with a lot of lemmas and theorems. In the main part of the document there are sections and subsections, so I defined \newtheorem{lem}{Lemma}[subsection] to number the lemmas ...
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ntheorem environment with indentation

Considering this post theorem environment with hanging indentation and Stefan's answer, I'd be interested in the same approach with ntheorem. I've been through the .sty file but I have hard time ...
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How to make equations, figures and theorems use the same numbering scheme

It was asked a while ago how to make equation use the same counter as a theorem for example and one solution was to make the theorem counter use the equation instead by using ...
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Changing `proof` endmark when using `ntheorem` with `thmmarks` and `amsthm` options

Q: Is there an easy way to change the default proof environment endmark (it's normally a funny open square and I'd like to change it to \blacksquare) when using the ntheorem package with the amsthm ...
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Numbering theorems within the innermost sectioning environment present at that point in the document?

Here is what I am trying to achieve: Chapter 1. ... Theorem 1.1. ... Section 1.1. ... Theorem 1.1.1. ... Subsection 1.1.1. ... Theorem 1.1.1.1. Is this even possible? If so, how? ...
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My custom theorem/proof environments aren't playing well together

As can be shown in the following MWE, when I have a theorem environment followed by a proof environment, the proof isn't going into the next line; it's rendering right on top of the text I have for ...
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How to suppress vertical space between theorem heads and enumitem environments?

How can I suppress vertical space between a theorem head and an enumitem environment? I would like the output to look like version 3 below, but I hope there is an automagical solution without ~ and ...
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Subsections for theorems

\documentclass[14pt]{article} \usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb,amsthm} \newtheorem{thm}{Theorem}[section] \newtheorem{defn}[thm]{Definition} \newtheorem{cor}[thm]{Corollary} ...
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Best Practices for Using Enumerations Within Theorem Environments

Suppose one has a theorem/proof such as: \begin{theorem} The following are equivalent: \begin{enumerate} \item Statement 1 \item Statement 2 \item Statement 3 \end{enumerate} ...
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Wrong spacing before theorem environment (amsthm) (LaTeX)

I am using the asmthm package to have environment. I also use \usepackage[onehalfspacing]{setspace} to have 1.5 line spacing. However, when I use the the theorem environment, the spacing before is ...
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Numbering theorems within chapters

I've recently asked a question: Chapters in TeX regarding working with chapters in tex. I have since learned that I must use documentclass report for the purposes of my document. However, now all of ...
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'List of theorems', translated into my language

I'm using \listoftheorems (part of the thmtools package) to show a list of all my theorems. It works really well, but it prints "List of theorems" in English; I would obviously prefer it to be in my ...
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Numbering theorems in the appendix by adding the appendix letter in front/after the theorem number

Can someone please tell me how to make definitions, theorems etc. in the appendix look like Definition A1 or Definition 1A (an "A" should be somewhere), if the appendix is "numbered" with A (meaning ...
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How to get correct autoref for theorems

I have some own theorem environments. And my theorems are numbered like the chapter. Now I would like to use autoref with that. But it does not work like it is described here ...
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Theorem content right after theorem name in beamer

When we write a theorem in beamer, by default the theorem name and theorem content are in different lines, like this: |------------------------------------------- |Theorem 1 ...
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How can I change the spacing before theorems with amsthm?

I have a spacing problem. Whenever I include a theorem environment, \begin{theorem}\end{theorem}, the theorem appears very close to the previous line. The spacing is much less than the normal spacing ...
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Common numbering with ntheorem

I have the exact same question as detailed in Common, per-section numbering of theorems, lemmas etc., but I am using ntheorem and so can't use the accepted answers code. Does anyone know how to adapt ...
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\listoftheorems not appearing on pdfbookmark

I'm using thmtools \listoftheorems to generate a list of the theorems that I use in my thesis. So far so good, I've been able to put the list in my table of contents. However, there is no entry for ...

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