[Tex/LaTex] Add vertical space before and after framed-theorem environments

mdframedspacingtheorems

I want my theorem-like environments to be framed, as it's an effective way of making them stand out from the main text.

According to Gonzalo Medina's answer to the question box around theorem statement, the \newmdtheoremenv command from the mdframed package is the way to go.

However, I find that vertical space before and after such framed-theorem environments is lacking (see below). I looked into the mdframed documentation but did not find anything to fix this.

Did I miss something in the documentation?

How would you fix this in an easy and efficient (automatic) way?

Is a package other than mdframed more appropriate for framed-theorem environments?

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{mdframed}
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newmdtheoremenv{assum}{Assumption}[chapter]

\begin{document}

\chapter{Fluid mechanics}

\section{Fields}

The following fields are of particular interest:
\begin{itemize}
    \item $\rho$: fluid density (time-dependent scalar field);
    \item $p_{\text{tot}}$: total pressure in the fluid (time-dependent scalar field);
    \item $v$: velocity of the fluid parcels (time-dependent vector field).
\end{itemize}    

\begin{assum}[Differentiability of tensor fields]
    \label{assum:differentiability}
    All tensor fields of interest are differentiable (weakly, at least).
\end{assum}

Assumption~\ref{assum:differentiability} blah blah

\subsubsection{Mass-continuity equation}

The mass-continuity equation is derived from the principle of conservation of mass:
\begin{assum}[Conservation of mass]
    \label{assum:conservation_of_mass}
    Fluid density $\rho$ is a conserved quantity within fluid parcels:
if $V_{\text{fp}}(t)$ delimits a region of space occupied by a fluid parcel
at time $t$, then
    \begin{equation}
        \frac{\mathrm{d}\phantom{t}}{\mathrm{d}t}
\iiint_{ V_{\text{fp}}(t)} \rho \, \mathrm{d}V = 0\,.
    \end{equation}
\end{assum}
blablah

\end{document}

Best Answer

Yes, you missed that you can pass options to the environment; in particular you can use skipabove=<length>, skipbelow=<length>:

\newmdtheoremenv[skipabove=\topsep,skipbelow=\topsep]{assum}{Assumption}[chapter]

Your example:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{mdframed}
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newmdtheoremenv[skipabove=\topsep,skipbelow=\topsep]{assum}{Assumption}[chapter]

\begin{document}

\chapter{Fluid mechanics}

\section{Fields}

The following fields are of particular interest:
\begin{itemize}
    \item $\rho$: fluid density (time-dependent scalar field);
    \item $p_{\text{tot}}$: total pressure in the fluid (time-dependent scalar field);
    \item $v$: velocity of the fluid parcels (time-dependent vector field).
\end{itemize}    

\begin{assum}[Differentiability of tensor fields]
    \label{assum:differentiability}
    All tensor fields of interest are differentiable (weakly, at least).
\end{assum}

Assumption~\ref{assum:differentiability} blah blah

\subsubsection{Mass-continuity equation}

The mass-continuity equation is derived from the principle of conservation of mass:
\begin{assum}[Conservation of mass]
    \label{assum:conservation_of_mass}
    Fluid density $\rho$ is a conserved quantity within fluid parcels: if $V_{\text{fp}}(t)$ delimits a region of space occupied by a fluid parcel at time $t$, then
    \begin{equation}
        \frac{\mathrm{d}\phantom{t}}{\mathrm{d}t} \iiint_{ V_{\text{fp}}(t)} \rho \, \mathrm{d}V = 0\,.
    \end{equation}
\end{assum}
blablah

\end{document}

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This answers your two first questions; regarding the third one, if your frames must allow page breaks, the possibilities are basically mdframed or framed; this question compares them: framed or mdframed? (Pros/Cons).

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