This one should be easy for the gurus…
Suppose I want to define a theorem environment which has a custom numbering scheme. That is, instead of being numbered according to some counter, it is numbered according to a passed parameter. So writing something like
\begin{customtheorem}{8}
Text.
\end{custom theorem}
would produce
Theorem 8. Text.
I realize I could define a new environment on my own, but then the header will be bold, or small caps, or whatever I defined it to be, and so may differ from the rest of the document if I switch documentclass. So I would like something that also matches the regular theorem headers.
Thanks in advance for any ideas.
Best Answer
An easy way is
You can also use the optional argument for attribution:
A more generic interface for defining several of these environments; this doesn't respect theorem styles; it could be adapted, though.