Proof Page #7

- What, honey?

- It's not mine, It's not mine,

- What, honey? What's the matter?

I stole it from him,

I stole it, It's not mine,

- What do you mean, you stole it?

- It's not mine,

OK,

- I killed him, I killed him,

- No, honey, No,

I never should have written it,

I never should have written it,

- OK, You're OK,

- I never should have written it,

Is it...?

Is it possible, honey, that...?

Is it possible that you

just wanted to so badly

and you... you deserved to do something

special like this thing, this proof?

Is it possible

that you just imagined that you wrote it?

Hmm?

Is it possible

that it really was Dad's after all?

Hmm?

Is that possible?

You didn't kill him, sweetheart,

He just died, that's all,

He just died,

Hi. We're not here.

Please leave a message.

Catherine, it's me again.

I really need to speak to you,

so please call me back.

Can I take these for you?

Claire!

- I thought you'd left,

- I had to delay my flight,

Where's Catherine?

I need to talk to her,

- She's inside,

- This thing...

checks out,

I've been over it with two sets of guys,

old geeks and young geeks,

It's weird,

I don't know where the techniques

come from, it is very hard to follow,

but we can't find anything wrong with it,

I mean, there may be something

wrong with it, but we can't find it,

I have not slept,

It's real,

Thank you,

See, I had to swear these guys to secrecy,

They were jumping out of their skins,

One email, it's all over,

I threatened them,

Yeah, I think we're safe,

They're physical cowards,

- Where's Catherine?

- This is not a good time,

You're leaving?

- The flight is at noon,

- You're taking her away?

Yes,

- To New York?

- Yes,

- You're just gonna drag her away?

- She's entirely happy to come,

- I'd like to speak to Catherine,

- She doesn't want to see you,

Does she have any say

in whether she goes?

She's been completely out of it, Hal,

Five days she wasn't speaking,

Do you want your coat, sweetie?

It's cold,

I'll get your things, The movers

will get anything we've forgotten,

Are you all right?

It works,

I thought you might wanna know,

- I had to see you,

- I'm leaving,

- Just wait a minute,

- What? What do you want?

You have the book,

She told me that she gave it to you,

so do whatever you want with it,

Publish, Go for it,

Have a press conference,

Tell the world

what my father discovered,

I don't think your father wrote it,

- You thought so last week,

- That was last week,

I spent this week reading the proof,

I think I understand it,

It uses a lot of newer

mathematical techniques,

things that were developed

in the '80s and '90s,

Noncommutative geometry,

random matrices,

I think I learned more mathematics this

week than in three years of grad school,

- So?

- So the proof is very...

- hip,

- Get some sleep, Hal,

- What was your father doing for 20 years?

- Are you done?

He wouldn't have been able to master

those new techniques,

- He was a genius,

- But he was nuts,

- So he read about them later,

- Maybe,

The books he would've needed

are upstairs in your room, some of them,

He dated everything, Even his

most incoherent entries, he dated,

- There are no dates in this,

- The handwriting,

Parents and children can

have similar handwriting,

especially if they've spent

a lot of time together,

Interesting theory,

I like it,

I like it, too,

It's what I told you last week,

I know,

- You blew it,

- This is yours, Catherine,

It's too bad, too,

'cause the rest of it was really good,

"I loved your dad," "I always liked you,"

"I wanna spend every minute with you,"

That's killer stuff,

I meant it,

You got laid and you got the notebook,

You're a genius,

Talk to me, Catherine,

- This proof is yours,

- Forget it,

You'll have to deal with it eventually,

You can't just ignore it,

- You'll have to publish,

- Leave me alone, Hal,

- Take it at least,

- I don't want it,

- Come on, I am trying to correct things,

- You can't!

Do you hear me?

You think you've figured something out?

You run over here all pleased with yourself

because you changed your mind?

Now you're certain?

Hal, you don't know anything,

The book, the math,

the dates, the writing,

all that stuff you just decided

with your buddies, it's just evidence,

- It doesn't prove anything,

- OK, what would?

Nothing,

You should've trusted me,

I...

I know,

Claire sold the house?

She wants me in New York,

She wants to look after me,

What? Do you need looking after?

You looked after your father for five years,

- So maybe it's my turn,

- There is nothing wrong with you,

We should be on our way, honey,

You can't just walk away,

pretend like it never happened and then

get a job at Urban Outfitters or something,

- Just take it,

- Katie, honey, let's go,

Stay in Chicago,

You're an adult,

I gotta go,

- Please,

- No,

- Catherine, this isn't about me,

- Katie, come on,

Don't you owe this to yourself at least?

Goodbye, Hal,

Catherine!

Catherine!

- Hi, And where are you going today?

- To New York City,

Can I see some photo ID, please?

Wow, You sure got a lot done,

Well, I had five extra days,

I need some more coffee,

Do you want some?

Am I on that list?

What?

"Square away crazy sister,"

Check,

That's not fair, Katie,

I just wanna take care of you,

Catherine!

- What?

- Aah! Jesus!

God, you scared me,

What are you doing there?

Sorry, I just...

I wanted to...

It's wonderful news,

I think I've got it,

What do you think?

- Wow, Dad,

- Can you believe it?

I knew you had it in you,

That's a pretty

mealy-mouthed response,

What about it? What do you think?

Let's talk it through,

Not tonight, I'm tired,

Come on, This is the beginning

of our real work together,

You think I've stolen the thunder

because I broke through first?

This is only the beginning,

- I think we should call it a night,

- Read out the first couple of lines,

We go line by line out loud,

see if there's a better way, a shorter way,

No, Come on, Tomorrow,

I've waited years for this, goddamn it,

- Let's do some work together,

- Dad, I think we should get some sleep,

- Not until we talk about the proof!

- I don't want to talk about it,

Goddammit, open the goddamn book!

Read me the lines!

"Let X equal the quantity

of all quantities of X,

"Let X equal the cold,

"It is cold in December,

"The months of cold

equal November through February,

"There are four months

of cold and four of heat,

"leaving four months

of indeterminate temperature,

"In February, it snows.

"In March, the lake is a lake of ice.

"In September,

the students come back

"and the bookstores are full.

"Let X equal the month

of full bookstores.

"The number of books

approaches infinity

"as the number of months of cold

approaches four.

"I will never be as cold now

as I will in the future.

"The future of cold is infinite.

"The future of heat

is the future of cold.

"The bookstores are infinite

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