[texhax] Theorems

[Manoj Kummini]

On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 23:28:22hrs -0500, Robert Sherry wrote:

>     I am developing a set of notes using LaTeX. These notes include
>     theorems which I typeset use the \begin{theorem} and \end{theorem}
>     commands. I find these commands work very nicely. LaTeX generates
>     theorem numbers starting at 1.  I would like to start the theorem
>     numbers at 4. Is there any way to do this?

I presume you defined the theorem environment using
\newtheorem{theorem}{<name>}

Then \addtocounter{theorem}{3} changes the value of the theorem counter, as
usual. 

With regards,
Manoj.

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Manoj Kummini
Graduate Student, Dept. of Mathematics, The Univ. of Kansas,
Lawrence KS 66045 USA.  38 deg 55 min N, 95 deg 14 min W.
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