I have a definition, and a footnote which refers to the whole definition. So I’d ideally like an output looking something like:
Definition 1.53. A footnote is a small aside, usually placed at the bottom of a page and marked by a tag in the main text.
3Some people think that footnotes are bad style.
Is there a good way to get this placement of the footnote marker? Neither of the following comes out right (for obvious reasons):
\begin{definition}\footnote{Footnote text.} We define \ldots
\begin{definition}[\footnote{Footnote text.}] We define \ldots
I’m using amsthm
, but answers for without that would be interesting too.
Best Answer
Change the definition of
\thetheorem
inside a group so as to include the desired footnote. (I use the\apptocmd
command of the etoolbox package to amend the definition without looking up the particulars of the original.)EDIT: Interestingly, this only seems to work with
amsthm
.