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Hi I ve got this error message 

Runaway argument?
\x@protect \[\protect \[  \@nil  \@ifpackageloaded {amstex}{\def \@tempa \ETC.
Paragraph ended before \@tempa was complete.
<to be read again> \par 
 l.435 \newenvironment{proof}[1][\proofname]{\par

while compiling this in XeLaTex

\documentclass[12pt]{book}%thesis

\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setmainlanguage{english}

\usepackage[numbers]{natbib}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{amsmath} 
\usepackage{amssymb} 
\usepackage{makeidx}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{epigraph}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{url} 
\usepackage{breqn}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{dsfont}
\usepackage{eurosym}
\usepackage{epstopdf}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{titling}


\begin{document}
bla
\end{document}

What seems to be the pbm?

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Reset to default
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polyglossia (or a package it loads) makes \[ robust but amsthm isn't expecting that. If you reset the original definition, things work better,

\documentclass[12pt]{book}%thesis


\let\zz\[\let\zzz\]
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\let\[\zz\let\]\zzz


\usepackage{amsthm}

\begin{document}
bla
\end{document}

(I removed redundant packages from the example)

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  • David, it works. The original definition of what does the combination of \let\zz[\let\zzz] reset?
    – agozar
    Aug 28, 2013 at 15:38
  • @agozar it saves the definition of \[ in \zz and \] in \zzz (the z names are just arbitrary local names) and then restores them after polyglossia, setting \[ back to \zz which is its original definition, and same for \]
    – David Carlisle
    Aug 28, 2013 at 15:46
  • @ggll that isn't a comment anyone can act on. Which packages? Also which format as the situation has changed since this answer, latex now makes \[ robust by default. Probably best to ask a new question on teh sit ewith a complete example that shows the problem rather than comment on an old answer.
    – David Carlisle
    Sep 16, 2015 at 15:39
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    getting the same error without using polyglossia: solved by loading amsthm after amsmath as advised here: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/164892/…
    – ggll
    Sep 16, 2015 at 15:46

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