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Yes, my question is answered.

Thank you, Johannes_B . As you suggested, once I calmed down the answer was simple and obvious. The code below inserts a page of dummy sections, but the theorem on the second page begins numbering at 8.1, which is what I wanted. The number of dummy sections forces the incrementation of the leftmost ...

I am writing chapters as individual LaTeX documents. For example, Chapter 8 is its own file. Within each chapter, I want to number the theorems [chapter number.theorem number] (e.g., 8.1, 8.2, etc.). Because each chapter is its own file, I am unable to use sections to create decimal forms of theorem ...