[texhax] setting counters to output of a \ref command

[David Romano]

Here is the problem I'm trying to solve.  I'd like to have a particular 
theorem appear twice in a paper, and I'd like its appearance to be 
identical in both, the numbering in particular, without having to set the 
section and theorem counters by hand.

Is there a way of getting a hold of the numbers generated by the \ref 
command so I can use them to set the relevant counters and duplicate the 
appearance of the theorem?  I've tried several sources of LaTeX 
documentation and just can't seem to find a way to do this; the only 
related piece of information I found was that one can "transport" the 
current value of a counter with \value{counter}, but here I'm interested 
in transporting a value that is not current.

I'd be very grateful for any help with this problem.

Thank you,
David Romano