[OS X TeX] theorem names

Michael Sharpe msharpe at ucsd.edu
Sat Nov 13 01:07:40 EST 2010


On Nov 12, 2010, at 9:23 PM, George Gratzer wrote:

> I use the book document style and load the AMS packages, in particular, amsthm. Therefore,
> theorems with names, e.g.
> 
> Theorem 5 (Fundamental theorem of AbelianGroups).
> 
> is typeset with 
> 
> Theorem 5
> 
> and the period in bold, 
> 
> (Fundamental Theorem of AbelianGroups)
> 
> not. Of course, it is easy to make 
> 
> Fundamental Theorem of AbelianGroups
> 
> bold, but I would need the parenthesis bold also.
> 
> The amslatex distribution has a file called testmath.pdf in 
> 
> amslatex/doc/latex/amsmath
> 
> On p.6 of this file there are two theorems with everything in bold. Unfortunately, there
> is no source provided or explanation given.
> 
> Does anybody know the trick?
> 
> GG

George,

Amslatex is now rather ancient, but the source (textmath.tex) for the document you mention appears to be available at http://www.ams.org/publications/authors/tex/amslatex, near the end of the page.

Michael





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