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"We would love to take your phone calls." "This really is a very..." "When you contact a RE/MAX agent to help you buy yourself a home." "You expect service that's a little out of the ordinary." "After all." "RE/MAX agents average more experience and more sales than other agents." "So the next time you need outstanding real estate service." "Call RE/MAX." "Can't sleep?" "Jesus." "Oh, you scared me." "I'm sorry." " What are you doing here?" " I just thought I'd check up on you." "Why aren't you in bed?" "Your student's still here." "He's up in your study." "He's not my student anymore." "He's teaching now." "He's a bright kid." " What time is it?" " After midnight." " So?" " So?" " Happy birthday." " Dad!" "Do I ever forget?" "Thank you." "27." "I can't believe it." "Neither can I." "I forgot the glasses." "You want me to...?" "No." "This is the worst champagne I have ever tasted." " It's not even champagne." " The bottle's the right shape." ""Windy Valley Vineyards."" "I didn't know they made wine in Wisconsin." "You want some?" "I hope you're not spending your birthday alone." " I'm not alone." " I don't count." " Why not?" " I'm your old man." "Go out with friends." " Yeah, right." " Aren't your friends taking you out?" " Nope." " Why not?" "For your friends to take you out, you have to have friends." "Funny how that works." "You have friends." "What about that cute blonde?" "Lives over on Ellis Avenue." " You used to spend every minute together." " Christie Jacobson?" "Christie Jacobson." " That was in third grade, Dad." " Oh." "Last time I saw her was in a sandbox." "What about Claire?" "She's not my friend." "She's my sister." "And she's in New York." "And I don't like her." "I thought she was coming in." "Not till tomorrow." "My advice if you can't sleep is to sit down and do some mathematics." " Please!" " We could do some together, the old way." "Can't think of anything worse." " Line by line, out loud." " Sure you don't want any?" "You better get cracking." "By the time I was your age, I had already done my best work." " How old were you?" " Hmm?" "When it started." "What?" "You know, when... you got sick." "Uh..." " 26, 27." "Is that what you're worried about?" " I've thought about it." "Just because I went bughouse doesn't mean you will." "It's not strictly hereditary." "Listen to me." "Life changes fast in your 20s, and it shakes you up." "You're down, you've had a lousy couple of years." "No one knows that better than me." " You're gonna be OK." " I am?" "Yes." "I promise you." "The simple fact that we can talk about this together is a good sign." " A good sign?" " Yeah." "How could it be a good sign?" "Because crazy people don't sit around wondering if they're nuts." " They don't?" " No." "They've got better things to do." "Take it from me." "A very good sign that you're crazy is an inability to ask the question, "Am I crazy?"" "Even if the answer is yes?" "Crazy people don't ask, you see?" "Huh." "What do you say?" "Let's call it a night." "You can go up and get some sleep." " Then in the morning..." " Wait." " What's the matter?" " It doesn't make sense." " Sure it does." " No." " Where's the problem?" " The problem is..." " You are crazy." " So?" "So you said a crazy person would never admit that." "Ah." "I see." "So?" " It's a point." " So how can you admit it?" "Well, because..." "I'm also dead." "Aren't I?" " You died a week ago." " Aneurysm. 63 years old." "The funeral's tomorrow." "Sorry." " Did I..." "Did I hurt you?" " No." "It's OK." "Good." "Mr. Dobbs, you gonna stand there forever?" "This is my daughter Catherine." " Hi." " Hi." "Mr. Dobbs is in our infinite program." "As he approaches completion of his dissertation, time approaches infinity." " Catherine?" " What?" "I'm sorry." "I just wanted to say I'm done for the night." "Good." " Champagne, huh?" " Yes." " Celebrating?" " Do you want some?" " Sure." " I'm done." "You can take the rest with you." "Oh." "Um..." " No, thanks." " Take it." "I'm done." "No." "I'm driving." "Um..." " I'll let myself out." " Good." " When should I come back?" " Come back?" "Yeah." "I'm no way near finished." "Maybe tomorrow?" "We have a funeral tomorrow." "You're right." "I'm sorry." "I was going to attend, if that's all right." "Sure." "What about Sunday?" "Will you be around?" "You've had three days." "I know you don't need anybody in your hair, but someone's got to go through your dad's stuff." " There's nothing up there." " There are 103 notebooks." "He was a graphomaniac, Harold." "Do you know what that is?" "He wrote compulsively." "Call me Hal." "It's like a monkey at a typewriter." "103 notebooks full of bullshit." "I'm prepared to look at every page." "Are you?" "No." "I'm not crazy." "Well, I'm gonna be late." "Some friends of mine are in this band." "They're playing in a bar on Diversey, way down the bill, around 2:30." " I said I'd be there." " Great." "They're all in the math department." "They're good." "They have this song called "i." You'd like it." "Lowercase i." "They just stand there." "They don't play anything for three minutes." "Imaginary number?" "It's a math joke." "You see why they're way down the bill." "That's a long drive to see some nerds in a band." "I hate when people say that." "It's not really that long of a drive." " So they are nerds." " Oh, they're raging geeks." "But they're geeks who can dress themselves and hold down a job at a major university." "Some of them have switched from glasses to contacts." "They play sports." "They play in a band." "They get laid surprisingly often." "So it makes you kind of question the whole set of terms:" ""Geek," "nerd," "wonk," "Dilbert," "paste-eater."" " You're in this band, aren't you?" " OK, yes." "I play the drums." "You wanna come?" "I never sing." "I swear to God." " No, thanks." " All right, look." "Catherine." " Monday." "What do you say?" " Don't you have a job?" " A full teaching load plus my own work." " Plus band practice." " Plus I teach hockey to ten-year-olds." " You make me sick." "I don't have time to do this, but I have to if you'll let me." "I loved your dad, and I don't believe a mind like his can just shut down." "He had lucid moments, a lucid year, a whole year three years ago." " Sorry." " Look, let me..." " Wait." "You're 27, right?" " How old are you?" " Doesn't matter." " How old are you?" "I'm 26." "When your dad was younger than both of us, he made major contributions to three fields:" " Game theory, algebraic geometry..." " Don't lecture me." "If I came up with a tenth of the shit your dad produced," "I could write my ticket to any math department in the country." "Give me your backpack." "Why?" " Because I wanna look inside it." " What?" " Open it up and give it to me." " Come on." " You're not taking anything out of here." " I wouldn't." "You're hoping to find something you can publish?" " Sure." " Then you can write your own ticket?" "What?" "No, it would be under your dad's name, for your dad." " You have something in that backpack." " What...?" " Give it to me!" " Look, you're being a little paranoid." "Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean there isn't something in..." "You said yourself that there was nothing up there, didn't you?" "Didn't you?" " Yes." " So what would I take, right?" "You're right." "Thank you." "Oh, what the hell...?" "This isn't an airport." "You can come back." "The University Health Service is very good." "I'm fine." "Also... exercise is great." "I go running along the lake a couple mornings a week." "It clears my head." "It's not too cold yet." "If you wanted to, I could pick you up." "No, thanks." "All right." "Well, I'm gonna be late for the show." "I'd better go." "Good night." " Wait." "You forgot your jacket." " Oh, no, you..." "I'm paranoid?" "You think I should go jogging?" " Just hold on." " Get out." "Get the hell out of my house!" "Let me explain." "I wanna show you something." " Give it back." " Wait..." " I'm calling the police." " What?" "Don't." "Look, I borrowed the book, all right?" "'Cause I found something your father wrote." "Not math." "Just something he wrote." " I'd like to report a robbery." " Put the phone down." " A robbery." " It's about you." " He's in the house right now!" " Here's your name." " I'm at 4655 South..." " "Catherine," see? "Catherine."" "South..." ""Not a bad day." "Some good news from Catherine."" "I'm not sure what that meant." "I thought you might." " When did he write this?" " Ma'am?" "Three years ago. "Machinery's not working yet, but there's cause for optimism."" "The machinery is what he called his mind, his ability to do mathematics." "I know." ""Talking with students helps, so does riding in buses." ""Most of all Cathy." ""Her refusal to let me be institutionalized, caring for me herself," ""has certainly saved my life." ""Made writing this possible." ""Made it possible to imagine doing math again." ""Where does her strength come from?" ""I can never repay her." "Today is her birthday." ""She is 24." "I'm taking her to dinner."" "So what are we going to do on your birthday?" " Dad..." " Let's get the hell out of this neighborhood." "Let's go to the North side or Chinatown." "Greektown." "I don't know what's good." " Dad?" " Hmm?" "I'm going to school." "When?" "I'm gonna start at Northwestern at the end of the month." "Northwestern?" "I shouldn't have tried to sneak it out." "I know it sounds stupid, but I was gonna wrap it." "Happy birthday." "What's wrong with Chicago?" "You still teach there." "I'm sorry." "That is too weird, me taking classes in your department." " It's a long drive." " It's not that long." "It's half an hour." "Still, twice a day." "Dad." "I'd live there." "You'd actually want to live in Evanston?" "I'd still be close." "I can come home whenever you want." "Look..." "You've been well." "You've been really well for almost seven months now." "I don't think you need me here every minute of the day." " Yes?" " Someone here call the police?" "No, honey." "I think we should put the aqua plates on the registry and the brown couch." "Your mother wants to buy us a substantial piece of furniture, and that's the biggest thing that I could find that will fit in our apartment." "Well, then, don't worry about it, honey." "I'll be home by tomorrow night." "Yeah, let's just get through today first." "Hold on a second." "Hi!" "Huh?" "Um..." "I don't know." "She didn't pick up when I called." "Hopefully better than yesterday." "First thing I'm gonna do is throw her into the shower and get her out in the sun." " Better." "Much." " Thanks." " You feel better?" " Yep." "You look a million times better." " Have some coffee." " OK." " No." "Black." " Have a little milk." " Have a banana." " No." "Thank you." "Good thing I brought food." "There is nothing in the house." "I've been meaning to go shopping." " Do you want a bagel?" " No." "I hate breakfast." " Coffee." " Still making those lists, huh?" "It's..." "It's a compulsion." "Do you ever cheat and tick off something you haven't actually done yet?" "Well, I would only be cheating myself." "Right." "Did you use that conditioner I brought you?" " No." "Shit." "I forgot." " Well, it's my favorite." "You'll love it, Katie." "I want you to try it." " I'll try it next time." " You'll like it." "It has jojoba." "What is jojoba?" "It's something they put in for healthy hair." " Hair is dead." " What?" "It's..." "It's dead tissue." "You can't make it healthy." " Whatever." "It's good for your hair." " Like what?" "A chemical?" " No." "It's organic." " It can be organic and still be a chemical." " I don't know what it is." " Heard of organic chemistry?" "It makes my hair look, smell and feel good, and that is the extent of my information about it." "You might like it if you decide to use it." "Thanks." "I'll try it." "If you don't have anything to wear for today, we could go shopping downtown." "OK." "It'll be fun." "My birthday present." "Great." "Is there anything else you need?" "No." "I'm cool." " Anything at all while I'm here?" " Uh-uh." "I thought we'd have some people over tonight." "If you're feeling OK." "We are burying Dad this afternoon." "You have to have something." "People expect it." "And it's the only time I can see any old Chicago friends." "It'll be nice." "I think Dad would've wanted us to have a good time." "It's a funeral, but we don't have to be completely grim about it." " Mitch says hi." " Hi, Mitch." "He sends you his love." "I told him you would see him soon, and..." " We're getting married." " No shit." " Yes." "We just decided." " Yikes." "Yes." " Oh." "When?" " In January." "You know, his job is great." "I just got promoted." "Huh." " You will come?" " Yeah." "Sure." "In January?" "I mean, it's not like I have to check my schedule or anything." "Sure." " Do you know what you wanna do now?" " No." " Do you wanna stay in Chicago?" " I don't know." " Do you wanna go back to school?" " I haven't thought about it." "Well, there's a lot to think about." " How do you feel?" " Physically?" "Great." "Except my hair seems unhealthy." "I wish there was something..." " Come on, Catherine." " What is the point of all these questions?" "Katie, some police officers came by while you were in the shower." "Yeah?" "They said they were checking up on things and wanted to see how everything was." "That was nice of them." "What about this?" "They said they responded to a call last night and came to the house." "Yeah?" " Did you call the police last night?" " Yeah." "Why?" "Because I thought the house was being robbed." " But it wasn't?" " No." "I changed my mind." "The police told me you seemed disoriented and abusive." "These guys were assholes, Claire." " They seemed perfectly nice." " They wouldn't leave." "They wanted me to, like, fill out a report." "Were you abusive?" "This one cop kept spitting on me when he talked." "It was disgusting." "Did you use the word "dickhead"?" "I don't remember." "Did you tell one cop to go..." "have sex with the other cop's mother?" "No." " That's what they said." " Not with that phrasing." " Did you strike one of them?" " They were trying to come into the house." " Oh, my God." " No!" "I might have pushed him a little." " They said you seemed disturbed." " They were trying to search my house!" " You called them." " Yes." "But I didn't actually want them to come." "So why did you call?" "Because I was trying to get this guy out of the house." " What is this man's name?" " Hal." "Harold." "Harold Dobbs." "Because the police said that you were the only person there." " Because he left before they got there." " With the notebooks?" "No, Claire, don't be stupid." "There are over a hundred notebooks." "He was only stealing one." "But he was stealing it to give it back to me." "So I let him go so he could play with his band on the north side." "What about this?" " His band?" " He was late." "He wanted me to come with him." "I was like, "Yeah, right."" "Is Harold Dobbs your boyfriend?" "No." " Are you sleeping with him?" " Ew!" "No." "He's a math geek." "And he's in a band?" "A rock band?" "No." "A marching band." "He plays trombone." "Yes." "A rock band." " What is the name of this band?" " How should I know?" "Harold Dobbs didn't tell you the name of his rock band?" "No." "Well, is Harold Dobbs...?" " Stop saying "Harold Dobbs."" " Is this person...?" " Harold Dobbs exists." " I'm sure he does." "He's a mathematician at the University of Chicago." "Call the freaking math department." "Mitch has become an excellent cook." "It's like his hobby now." "He buys all these gadgets:" "Garlic press, olive oil sprayer." "Every night there's something new." "The other day he made vegetarian chili." "What are you talking about?" "Stay with us for a while." "I'm OK here." "Chicago is dead." "New York is so much more fun." "Well, the fun thing is not really where my head's at at the moment." " You look so tired." " I am." " I just think you could use some downtime." " Downtime?" "Katie, please, you've had a hard time." " I'm perfectly OK." " I think you're upset and exhausted." "I was fine until you got here." "Wait." "Catherine!" "Who is that?" "Harold Dobbs!" "Hi." "OK?" "I really don't need this, Claire." "I'm fine, you know." "I'm totally fine." "And then you show up here with these questions." "Like, "Are you OK?" with that soothing tone of voice." "And..." "Oh." "The poor policemen." "I think the policemen can handle themselves." "And bagels and bananas and jojoba." "And "Come to New York." And vegetarian chili!" "I mean, it really pisses me off, so just save it." " I'm Claire." "I'm Catherine's sister." " Oh, hi." "Hal." "Nice to meet you." "So he had to go back and fix the paper in galleys." "He pretty much held it together with baling wire." "This is a man who, back in the UK, at the age of 22, basically invented the mathematical techniques for studying rational behavior and gave the astrophysicists plenty to think about when he came over here." "Men like Robert Llewellyn come into the world very rarely." "And we will miss the man..." "intensely." "But... the work will endure." "I'm not on the program." "Wow." "I can't believe how many people are here." "I never knew he had this many friends." "Where have you all been for the last five years?" "I guess to you guys he was already dead, right?" "I mean, what's a great man without his greatness?" "Just some old guy." "So you probably wanna catch up on what you missed out on." "Um..." "He used to read all day." "He kept demanding more and more books." "I was getting them out of the library by the carload." "There were hundreds." "And then one day I realized he wasn't reading." "He believed aliens were sending him messages through the Dewey decimal numbers in the books." "He was trying to work out the code." "He used to shuffle around in his slippers." "He talked to himself." "He stank." "I had to make sure he bathed, which was embarrassing." "Then he started writing 19, 20 hours a day." "I got him this huge case of notebooks." "He used every one." "I dropped out of school." "You see, he was convinced that... he was writing the most beautiful, elegant proofs." "Proofs like music." "I'm glad he's dead." "Catherine." "Catherine." "Catherine." "Don't call the cops." "I can't believe I just said that." "No, it definitely pushed the envelope." " I think I need to go home." " Then I'll drive you." "No, that's OK." "I'm gonna walk." "It's a long walk." "Thanks." "Their day care is excellent." "We're starting to apply for preschools now, which locks you into a commitment." "It does?" " Yeah." " Yeah." " Do you ever miss Chicago?" " No." "I mean, uh..." "Um..." " No." " You have the house now, though." "You and Mitch should move back and fix it up." "You look great." "Claire gave it to me." "I..." "I like it." "It doesn't really fit." "Sure it does." "You can't prove it." "Well, I can try and disprove the opposite." "I can prove that it doesn't not fit." "How?" "I could take a vote." "To your old man." "Hell of a guy." "Thank you." "Too bad he went nuts." "Hell of a guy anyway." " What do you do?" " I'm a currency analyst." "I probably inherited one thousandth of my father's talent." " Are you a mathematician?" " Ooh." "Christ, no." "Theoretical phys-physics." " To the physicists." " Drink up." "When do you think they'll leave?" "No way to know." "Mathematicians are insane." "I went to this conference in Toronto last fall." "I have never been so exhausted in my life." "48 straight hours of partying, drinking, drugs, papers, lectures." " Drugs?" " Amphetamines mostly." "I don't." "Some older guys, they're hooked." "They think they need it." "Why?" "There's this fear that your creativity peaks around 23, then it's all downhill from there." "That's what my dad thought." "I guess all the really original work, it's... all young guys." " Young guys?" " No, there are some women." "Really?" "Who?" "There's a woman at Stanford." "I can't remember her name." "Sophie Germain?" "Yeah." "I think I've seen her at meetings, but I don't think I've ever met her." "She was born in Paris in 1776." "Then I've definitely never met her." "Ah, I'm..." "Sophie Germain." " I'm stupid." "Germain primes." " Right." "Double them, add one, you get another prime." "Like two is prime, double plus one is five, also prime." "Right." "Or 92,305 times two to the 16,998th plus one." "Right." "That's the biggest one, the biggest known one." "Coming through!" "Oh, what the hell are they doing here?" "OK." "Now we'd like to play a song in tribute to a great man, a great mathematician." "It's called "i."" "One, two, one, two, three..." "You're probably right." "That book I stole?" "I'm starting to think it's the only lucid one, and there's no math in it." "No." "I mean, I'll keep reading, but if I can't find anything in the next couple of days..." "Back to the hockey rink?" "Yep." "And your own research." "Such as it is." "What's wrong with it?" "The big ideas aren't there." "Well, it's not about big ideas." "It's..." "It's work." "You got to chip away at a problem." " That's not what your dad did." " I think it was, in a way." "I mean, he'd attack a problem from the side, you know, from some weird angle." "Sneak up on it, grind away at it." "I don't know." "I don't know." "I'm just guessing." "I enjoy teaching." " You might come up with something." " It's not gonna happen." "I'm 26." "Remember the downward slope?" " Have you tried speed?" "I heard it helps." " Yeah." "So..." "This is my room." "Wow." "You read a lot of math." "No." "I read Cosmo." "That's just window dressing." "You're a mysterious person, Catherine." "You know that?" "You want a drink?" "I'm OK." "We never got to celebrate your birthday." "OK." "Um..." "I'm sorry." "I just..." "I'm a little drunk." "It's OK." "I'm a little out of practice." "I always liked you." " You did?" " But then I thought:" ""You don't flirt with your doctoral adviser's daughter."" "Especially when your adviser's crazy?" "Especially then." "I saw you at my dad's office once." "Do you remember?" "I can't believe you remember that." "I remember you." "I thought that you seemed... not boring." "Oh, I'm sorry." "Oh, I feel like I'm gonna crack open like..." "Like what?" "An egg." "Or one of those really smelly French cheeses that ooze out everywhere when you cut them." "Nice." "Catherine." "How long have you been up?" "A while." "Is your sister up?" "No." "Her flight leaves in a couple of hours." "I should probably wake her." "Let her sleep." "She did some serious drinking with the theoretical physicists last night." "I'll make her some coffee when she gets up." "Sunday mornings I usually go out, get the paper, have some breakfast." "OK." "Do you wanna come?" "Oh." "Well, I should probably stick around until Claire leaves." "OK." "Do you mind if I stay?" "No." "You can work if you want." "All right." " Should I?" " You can if you want to." " Do you want me to go?" " Do you wanna go?" " I wanna stay here with you." " Oh." "Wanna spend the day with you, if at all possible." "I wanna spend as much time with you as I can, unless I'm coming on way too strong and scaring you, in which case I'll begin back-pedaling immediately." "How embarrassing is it if I say last night was wonderful?" "It's only embarrassing if I don't agree." "So?" "Don't be embarrassed." "What?" "Here." "The drawer in the desk in my dad's office." "What's in there?" "Now?" " Good morning." " Please, don't yell." "Please." " Are you all right?" " No." " Theoretical physicists." " What happened?" "Thanks a lot for leaving me alone with them." "That band." "Yeah." " They were terrible." " They were OK." "They had fun, I think." "Well, as long as everybody had fun." "Your dress turned out all right." " I love it." " You do?" "Yeah." "It's wonderful." " I was surprised you even wore it." " I love it, Claire." "Thanks." "You're welcome." "Well, you're in a good mood." " Should I not be?" " Are you kidding?" "No, I'm thrilled." "It's just..." "I..." "Hold on a second, Katie." "I just..." " I'm leaving soon, and..." " I know." "You said." "I would still like you to come to New York." "Yes." "January." "I would like you to move to New York." "Move?" "You could stay with me and Mitch at first, and then you could get your own place." "I've already scouted some apartments for you." "Really cute places." "What would I do in New York?" "You could do whatever you want." "You could work." "You could go back to school." "I don't know, Claire, this is pretty major." "I realize that." "I know you mean well, OK?" "Well, to be honest, you were right yesterday." "It's been a pretty weird couple of years, and I think I'd just like to take some time and figure things out." "But it would be much easier for me to get you set up in an apartment in New York." "I don't need an apartment." "I'll stay in the house." "We're selling the house." "What?" "I'm hoping to do the paperwork this week." "I know that seems sudden." "No one was here looking at the place." "Who are you selling it to?" "The university." "They've wanted it back for years." "I live here." "Come to New York." "We'll have so much fun." " I don't believe this." " It would be so good." "You deserve a change." "This would be a whole new adventure for you." " Why are you doing this?" " I want to help." "By kicking me out of my house?" " This is my house, too." " Please!" "You haven't lived here for years." "I know that." "You were on your own." "I really regret that, Katie." "And now I want to help." "You wanna help now?" "Yes." "Dad is dead." " I know." " He's dead." "Now that he's dead, you fly in for the weekend and decide you wanna help?" "You're late." "Where have you been?" "Where were you five years ago?" " I was working." " I was here." "I lived with him alone." "I was working 14-hour days." "I paid off the mortgage on this house while living in a studio apartment in Brooklyn." "You had a life." "You got to finish school." " You could've finished school." " How?" "I told you a million times to do anything you wanted." " And what about Dad?" " He was ill." "He should've been in a full-time professional care situation." "He didn't belong in the nuthouse." " He might have been better off." " He needed to be here in his own house, near everything that made him happy." "Maybe." "Or maybe some real professional care would have done him more good than rattling around in this mausoleum with you looking after him." "What about his remission?" "Three years ago, he was healthy for almost a year." " Then he went downhill again." " He might have been worse in a hospital." "He might have been better." "Did he ever do any work again?" " No." " No." "And you might have been better." "Better... than what?" "You had so much talent." "You think I'm like Dad." "I think you have some of his talent and some of his tendency toward instability." "Claire." "In addition to the cute apartments that you've scouted for me in New York, have you by any chance devoted some of your considerable energies towards scouting out another type of living facility for your bughouse little sister?" "No." "Absolutely not." "That is not what this is about." "Don't lie to me, Claire." " The resources that I've investigated..." " My God." "If you wanted." "All I'm saying is, the doctors and the people in New York are the best." " Jesus!" " You wouldn't have to live..." " I hate you!" " Don't yell." "I hate you!" "What are you doing here?" "How long have you known about this?" "A while." "Why didn't you tell me about it?" "I wasn't sure if I wanted to." "Thank you." "You're welcome." " What's going on?" " Catherine, thank you." " I thought you might like to see it." " What is it?" " It's incredible." " What is it?" "Oh, it's a result, a proof." "It looks like a proof." "It is a proof." "A very long proof." "I haven't read through it all yet or checked it." "I don't even know if I could check it." "But if it's a proof of what I think it's a proof of, it's a very important proof." "What does it prove?" "It looks like it proves a mathematical theorem about prime numbers which mathematicians have been trying to prove since there were mathematicians." "You know about this?" " Is it any good?" " It's historic, if it checks out." "What does it mean?" "It means that when everybody thought your dad was crazy, he did some of the most important mathematics ever." "If it checks out, it means you publish instantly." "You hold press conferences." "It means that all newspapers around the world are gonna want to talk to the person who found this notebook." " Catherine." " Catherine." "I didn't find it." " Yes, you did." " No, I didn't." " Did you find it or did Hal find it?" " I didn't find it." "I didn't find it." "I wrote it." " Hey, guys." " Where you headed?" " I'm late for Bhandari." " You know what he's like." "Better get there." "Catch you later." "Yeah."