Document Classes ⇒ tocloft and amsart interaction

[shearerp]

If I compile the code below [TeXShop running LaTeX]

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%\documentclass[12pt]{article}  % tocloft works with this
\documentclass[12pt]{amsart} % tocloft doesn't work with this

\usepackage{tocloft}

\begin{document}
   \tableofcontents

\section{Test}
sdfsdfsdf
\subsection{testsub}
dfsdfsdf 
\end{document}

my log file contains many errors of the following form:

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! Missing } inserted.
<inserted text> 
                }
l.6    \tableofcontents
                       

However, if I change the document class by removing the amsart line and uncommenting the article line, everything compiles error-free.

I'd like to use amsart with tocloft so that I can have a nice table of contents in my mathematical article. I've searched the forums and the web for a solution to this problem, but no luck. (In fact, if you google "amsart tocloft" you get someone with my exact same problem and no solution is given.) Any ideas?

[frabjous]

Do you need to use amsart for some reason?

If you just need the math commands, you could use:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{tocloft}

I'm pretty sure that works.

If this is actually something you're making for the AMS, no doubt they have their own instructions on how to format the TOC.

[shearerp]

I don't need to use amsart, so for now I'll just change to article. I might need it later though if I submit to a journal that wants AMS formatting.