[OS X TeX] Named theorem

[George Gratzer]

> Why doesn't the solution provided in Companion work?

  Because they made a mistake.

GG
P.S. People (meaning me) in a glass house should not throw stones. G.

On Jul 27, 2006, at 11:17 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> Victor Ivrii wrote:
>
>> On 7/27/06, Themis Matsoukas <matsoukas at psu.edu> wrote:
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>>> On Jul 27, 2006, at 7:53 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>>>
>>> > From page 139, Companion 2ed,
>>> >
>>> > \usepackage{amsthm}
>>> > \theoremstyle{definition}
>>> > \newtheorem{thm}{Theorem}
>>> >
>>> > \begin{thm}
>>> > a theorem
>>> > \end{thm}
>>> >
>>> > \begin{thm}[Schremmer]
>>> > This is it theorem
>>> > \end{thm}
>>> >
>>> > \begin{thm}
>>> > another theorem
>>> > \end{thm}
>>> >
>>> > should do it but when I try, (Schremmer) is not boldfaced like
>>> > Theorem 2 as it is in the Companion.
>>>
>>> 1. Remove \usepackage{amsthm} and \theoremstyle{definition}, and
>>> you'll get what you want. This will cause the theorem to be
>>> italicized but you can correct this by starting it with \em.
>>
>>
>> Nothing is wrong with amtthm; however it knows three theorestyles:
>>
>> {plain} boldface header, slanted body
>>
>> {definition} boldface header, roman body
>>
>> {remark} slanted header, roman body
>>
>> If it is not enough replace amsthm by ntheorem
>>
>>
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> 2. keep your packages but say \begin{thm}[\textbf{Schremmer}] to get
>>> Schremmer in boldface.
>>
>>
>> This would put . (dot) after theorem' number which is not wanted.
>
> With all due respect, this was not my question which was: Why  
> doesn't the solution provided in Companion work?
>
> I went to texhax and from FAQ downloaded amslatex > math >  
> testmath.tex and testmath.pdf. Now, testmath.pdf shows a named  
> theorem on page 6 in which the name is boldfaced and testmath.tex  
> indeed has the syntax in Companion but when I typeset testmath.tex,  
> the name is not boldfaced.
>
> I assume therefore that the problem is either, somehow, with my  
> installation—TeXShop 1.43 on 10-3-9 or, more likely another mistake  
> of mine. So, the first thing I would like to know is if anyone gets  
> the above named theorems as per the book but with the name  
> unboldfaced.
>
> Regards
> --schremmer
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