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Let's just order two 30-cm pizzas.

Are you hungry?

Very.

Then one 45-cm one.

The area of a circle is πr².

Okay. Look.

If we take two 30-cm ones,

it makes 1413.

If we take one 45-cm and split it in half,

we get 1590.

What's bigger?

It's elementary.

Mathematics.

Miss, we'll have two 30-cm pizzas,

the ones with tomatoes and cheese.

You might stay hungry.

I won't, because…

Also, two mushroom pies with pork.

And… the traditional meat jelly. Also two.

THE MOP

EPISODE 5

The Mop says some only see numbers as signs.

First of all, it's not the Mop but Anna Nikolayevna.

Second, you're almost as tall as your old man.

Let me pass. I'm being late.

You remember? We have to be there at seven.

I remember everything.

-Have you bought the present? -I have.

Don't forget to get the flowers and the champagne.

I won't, Viktor. Go ahead. Paint, do whatever you need to do. Bye.

Okay. Bye.

Okay. Hello.

Good morning, Nikolay Vladimirovich.

We moved in together. Two days ago.

Two days is a lot. Congratulations.

-Thanks. -Yeah.

Where are you going?

I need to buy a birthday present.

Any ideas? I'm overwhelmed.

For the Mop? Anna, I mean.

For the Mop. Anna, I mean.

Do you like her?

Well…

I don't know. Maybe a phone.

I'm not sure about that.

Mathematicians are different.

Kolia, scrub a mathematician, and you'll find a woman.

Oh?

I believe so.

Listen, I'll just buy her flowers.

-I'll be back soon. Go back to work. -Whatever.

Vitia, have you seen my phone?

No.

What?

No, it's okay. I'm just not used to it.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Were there any calls? Anyway, what time is it?

It's okay. He'll come. It's his favorite cake.

Mom always made it for my birthday and his.

That's funny.

Teller's equivalence for my birthday.

-Vitia, your mom… Did she… -Never mind. It was a long time ago.

I've heard it before.

I remembered the recipe.

-Hi. -Hello.

Nice crown.

Thanks.

Can I help you?

I guess so.

-For your mom? -No.

-Wife? -No.

-Girlfriend? -Listen, I have a question.

Why do they bring an even number of flowers to a funeral

and an odd number in all other cases?

Is it for a funeral?

No, no. It's just that this woman is a mathematician.

So it got me thinking.

-A mathematician? -Yes.

Oh, it's for your kid's teacher!

You know what, take these carnations. They are good for the brain activity.

Why would I need it?

You don't, but a mathematician does.

She isn't going to eat them, is she? So give me these pretty roses.

-You want pretty? -Yes, please.

You need a eustoma.

Kolia, hi.

JUNE 12

I hate June 12.

Anna Nikolayevna, did you know

that you can't buy a single fish in Switzerland?

Vitia, please don't.

They have a law.

You can't make a fish be lonely, because it isn't humane.

Careful. Please don't touch anything.

That's why if you want to buy a fish, you have to get two.

Don't. Just put it on the side.

Don't worry, it doesn't concern people.

And we aren't in Switzerland.

That's true.

Vitia!

Anna Nikolayevna, why don't we put this away?

I'm begging you, don't touch anything.

Come on, open the door.

I'll be right back. I just need to…

Anna Nikolayevna.

Ania.

You're alive.

-Anna Nikolayevna. -Vitia.

Where is Vitia?

Where is Vitia?

What?

Vitia.

Then I heard the doorbell, thought it was you,

and went to the bathroom to get changed.

Then I heard the scream, run out, and that's the last thing I remember.

The neighbors didn't see anything.

-The cameras? -Turned off.

So it was a pro.

Katia, still, check for fingerprints.

What for? Vitia was here, and then you, Kolia.

I mean, Nikolay.

Okay, let me get changed…

Do you understand anything?

Not a thing.

Yes? Who is it?

Who?

Okay, everybody out. I need to work.

-What are we doing here? -Interrupting.

I mean you, too.

Why did they kidnap Vitia?

It has something to do with math.

And the math teacher.

What does Vitia have to do with it?

I don't know. Math is contagious.

Did you see? She was wearing a dress.

So?

It's strange.

Could you trace the call?

I see.

Okay, guys. Go home.

-Maybe we should… -Don't, Mitia. Okay, bye.

Let's go.

Ania!

Anna Nikolayevna.

What the…

Quiet. The police.

-The police? -Yes, the police.

-So what the… -I'll explain it in five minutes.

What are you looking at? Do you want to help?

Quiet.

He picked your lock.

Go have a cup of tea.

I know Viktor's captors called you. What did they say?

They said they'd kill him if I turn to the police.

He's my son. You have to tell me.

They said nothing would happen to him if I proved the Riemann Hypothesis.

So prove it.

They gave me three days.

What's the problem? You can do it.

It's the problem of the millennium.

All the mathematicians are trying to solve it.

With no result.

I've been working on it for ten years.

Two months ago I published an article about the distribution of zeroes

in Riemann's zeta function.

In this article, I delineated the general approach to the proof.

Why do you think they want it?

I don't know.

Clay Institute will pay a million dollars

for solving any problem of the millennium.

Did they say how they are going to pay for it?

Yes. They'll contact me. The day after tomorrow.

But there is no solution.

There will be.

Okay.

I'll try.

Are you sure?

No.

But the CCTV video shows this car around her house three times

and once near the school.

The car is registered to a Viktoriya Yakunina.

I think they were following Ania,

looking for her weak spot, and they found it.

Viktor.

What does your son have to do with it?

I don't know.

She was his mentor.

Maybe they thought he was her son.

He had been at her place quite often lately.

Kolia, we'll find your son.

You know how many times I said these words?

And you did find them.

Not always.

Good morning.

I'm getting up.

-Why did they only give you three days? -I don't know.

Does your problem have an expiration date?

I mean, or submitting it to that institute.

Of course not.

To get the award, your solution has to be proved correct.

It might take years.

So it's not the million they are after.

Is there any…

practical application for this problem?

Yes. The entire security of the Internet is based on huge numbers it uses.

My work creates a sieve allowing to…

I see. It's a master key allowing to hack into anything.

A network, a website, the CIA, the FSB.

So they need the master key.

Sir!

In a minute. It's for me.

Why are you up?

I couldn't sleep.

I love you.

So you should.

No, you shouldn't do this.

Why? I love you.

Let's go to work.

What do you mean? It's Sunday.

Let's go. Vershinin might need it.

Your new keys.

They've changed the locks.

Yes. Thanks.

You said someone was supposed to check your solution.

Yes.

Who are these people who know something about it?

How many are there?

Ten, maybe twenty. In the world, I mean.

And in this country?

Do you know them?

Not in person, but I know of them.

Please write down the names for me.

Do you really think one of them might be involved?

If you published that article, someone had to read it.

The one who read it was a mathematician.

Not as good as you are,

but good enough to understand what you have discovered.

It's unworthy of a mathematician.

Scratch a mathematician, and you'll find a person.

Please write the names down for me.

Okay.

Thank you for being here, guys.

I need to know everything about these people.

Finances, problems with law, family, lovers; where they are now.

It's very important and very urgent.

Aren't you going to tell me what's going on?

They want Ania to prove the Riemann Hypothesis.

-What? -Never mind, Mitia.

If she doesn't do it, they will kill Viktor.

At least that's what they say.

All non-trivial zeroes of the zeta function

have the real part of…

What is it?

Riemann Hypothesis.

-What is it about? -I can only read the commas.

It remains unproved since 1859.

What if the Mop can't?

I she can't, no one can.

Next one.

Have you found anything?

Nothing blamable, except for the act that they are mathematicians.

I hate math.

-Here, take this. -No, I can't.

You need to eat. You need your strength.

You don't understand. I can't prove it.

Ania.

Easy, easy.

I'm okay. I just can't prove it.

Ania, look.

I was a very bas student at school, especially bad at math.

When I didn't know how to solve a problem, and I almost never did,

I'd just fake the solution.

Yes, but you'd still get an F.

Yes. I'd still get an F,

but only because the teacher knew the right answer, and here…

If you don't know the correct solution, neither do these morons.

Here.

Come on.

Come on.

Take this.

This is the food.

And these are the chopsticks.

We'll come up with something.

No clues, nothing.

There is always something when you know what you're looking for.

None of them have even been in this city, except for this one.

Who is it?

Aleksandr Pinsker and his girlfriend.

Viktoriya Yakunina.

What did you say?

Viktoriya Yakunina.

But the CCTV video shows this car around her house three times

and once near the school.

The car is registered to a Viktoriya Yakunina.

Aleksandr Pinsker, 32, math professor from Birmingham.

He was born in this city, but his parents took him to England when he was seven.

Ania says that when he was a young man,

he published a very profound work about

about something.

It doesn't matter. We don't know these words anyway.

What's important is that three years ago the university let him go.

-Why? -We don't know.

We don't know yet. I sent an inquiry to England.

In any case, he lost his permanent, high-paying job.

And judging by the fact that he didn't find another job,

the problem is Pinsker and not the university.

Where did she come from?

Pinsker came here 18 months ago and met Miss City Viktoriya Yakunina.

By the way, she won the car in that competition.

A week later, they flew to England together.

Where are they now?

Unknown. Yakunina came back a couple times.

The last time was five days ago.

Her mother lives here. Her father died ten years ago.

Suppose he is the brain behind the operation and she the locomotor.

They'd need perpetrators.

But they let no traces after the abduction.

Check her contacts tomorrow.

The car is in a paid parking lot.

If someone as much as approaches it, we will know.

Okay.

Tomorrow the kidnappers will contact Ania.

It's our chance.

First of all, visit that Yakunina's mother.

What if she is involved in the kidnapping?

I have an idea.

-Hi. -Hi.

Does Viktoriya Yakunina live here?

Not anymore. What happened?

Someone tried to steal her car.

What do you mean?

Don't worry. As I said, it was an attempt. It failed.

Why are we standing here? Come in.

Thank you.

Water?

Yes.

What should I do? I don't even have a license.

If Viktoriya isn't here, the car will stay at the impound.

Where is your daughter?

In London, with her fiancé.

They are planning to stay there for a while.

Then the car will stay with us so far.

When was the last time she visited?

A week ago.

But this impound… doesn't it cost money?

Don't worry, it's secure. See how quickly we reacted?

Excuse me, can I use…

-Down the hall to the right. -Thank you.

She is pretty.

And so are you.

-Have a nice day. -Goodbye.

There's nothing suspicious at Yakunina's apartment.

Or in the car.

-Have you finished the proof? -Yes.

Are you sure?

You can check it.

I will. Email it to me.

First I want to make sure Viktor is alive.

I want to talk to him.

It's impossible.

Email me a picture or a video.

-Have you traced it? -No.

-Why are you… -It didn't work in real time.

He'll mail it. It was the only option.

He is a very good mathematician. Very.

Good.

Easy. We're waiting.

What can I say about Vika?

Pretty.

Model parameters.

A bitch.

I'd do her, but I don't have enough money.

She was never interested in anything but money.

No, I haven't seen her a while.

I started working at the factory after high school,

and she became the beauty queen.

She was here? No, I didn't see her.

I didn't miss her.

They won't send anything. It has been two hours.

We have to wait.

If he is in England, it'll take time.

He has to send an order, they have to take a picture…

Statistically, the first 24 hours…

Don't you dare quote statistics on me!

You know nothing about mathematics! Nothing.

Viktor is alive. We are trying…

You've got mail.

Dad, Anna Nikolayevna, I'm okay.

Today is June 14, 3:24 p.m.

Anna Nikolayevna, solve this problem for them.

I know you can do it. You're the best.

Oh, and if the solution is incorrect,

they'll kill me.

I hope there is some of my cake left.

Friends? She'd sell his own mother.

Mother? You should see that mother.

She was the reason why Anatoliy, Viktoriya's father, died early.

If not for her stepfather, Vika would have got herself killed already.

She was messing around with him when Anatoliy was still alive.

Her stepfather? A gangster.

He served time for banditry. He goes by Garik.

We have a lead.

Yakunina's mother is a mistress of a local criminal don, Garik.

What? What does it mean?

It's very bad.

A nutcase who is capable of anything.

-Have you seen the video? -Yes.

So far the boy is alive and well.

Where are your calculations?

I have sent them to them.

You are smart enough to understand why I need the Riemann Hypothesis proof.

Yes. You need a number sieve.

That's right.

So I won't waste time on checking the entire proof.

I'll just extract the sieve and hack…

whatever I want to hack.

If it works, you'll get the boy back.

If not, I'll act congruently to the situation.

What does congruently mean?

Garik? I have no idea.

I cherish my life too much.

I have no idea.

Can you imagine what Garik would do to me?

-How would he find out? -Garik has ears everywhere.

Can you imagine what Garik will do to you if he finds out

that you have been snitching on him for two years?

He had a cottage somewhere in the country.

That's all I know.

-Where are you going? -To look for my son.

I know how to find him. Look.

Yes, today is June 14.

Do you see this shadow?

-15:24. -Well?

Anna Nikolayevna…

Vitia gives us the exact time the video was shot.

The shadow will let me calculate his exact location.

How?

It's spherical astronomy. Mathematics plus sundial.

The only thing we need is his exact height.

-His exact height. -About this high.

With "about this" the result will also be "something about that".

Numbers! The exact height.

The Mop says some only see numbers as signs.

First of all, it's not the Mop but Anna Nikolayevna.

Second, you're almost as tall as your old man.

It's 167.

I don't understand.

You don't need to. Just make me coffee.

I'll make it, colonel.

Luckily, there is a brick in the picture. It has standard dimensions.

It'll let me measure the length of Viktor's shadow.

Add the exact time, and we'll get an equation

allowing to calculate the position of the Sun

and the exact coordinates of Viktor's location.

How much longer?

It has to be here somewhere.

I don't understand how she figured it out.

Neither do I, but she did.

That's how ships were being navigated in the old times.

You mean when Columbus came to America instead of India?

I think we've arrived.

-Or rather sailed up. -Mitia, please.

I see a man.

Sturdy build, around 50.

Tall, has a beard.

It's Garik.

And the boy? Where is he?

-I can't see him. -Give it to me.

Jam the communications, now.

What shall we do?

They are probably keeping him in the cellar.

Or in the attic.

Vika. Vika.

Motherfucker.

Leave her mother out of it.

I don't like it.

Doing nothing is also a choice. A bad one.

Let's go.

Screw it.

Where is my son? Tell me!

-In the cellar. -To the cellar.

Back up! Back up.

Vitia!

Dad!

I'll kill him! Let me go!

I can shoot him.

No. Let him go.

Do you know what congruence is?

Some shit.

That's right. You don't want to know.

If you don't let him go, I'll act congruently to the situation.

One.

Two.

Let's go. Take him!

Let go!

How are you, son?

Okay.

Are you sure?

I'm fine.

Did they hurt you?

I told you I'm okay.

You did well.

So did you.

Me?

That was really something, about congruency.

Dad, what's wrong?

I'm allergic to mathematics, you know.

Listen, do you know that problem they had given to the Mop?

You can ask her yourself. Let's go.

Have you finished working?

You know I can't work.

It makes me unhappy, and I want to be happy.

So?

Make a wish.

Any wish?

Any wish. Now we can do anything.

We will have anything.

And we'll get away with it.

It doesn't work. Bitch.

Not you, the Mop.

I can't get through to Garik.

Give it to me.

Hello.

I couldn't prove the Riemann Hypothesis yet.

But I have bypassed your firewall and found out your exact location.

So it is congruent.

I can't believe it's over.

Yes.

So, we have…

an unfinished business.

What is it?

You said not to eat the cake without you.

In the fridge.

Anna Nikolayevna, thank you.

I'm sorry.

Sometimes I can be harsh.

Right.

Vitia and I didn't take offend.

Okay, friends.

On this beautiful day

we want to congratulate our team,

and I consider us a team,

but first of all our remarkable,

smarted, talented,

and beautiful Anna Nikolayevna.

Anna Nikolayevna, happy birthday.

Thank you.

Wait, let me pour the wine for everyone.

All right, all right.

It's okay.

Happy birthday.

-Happy birthday. -Welcome back.

-Brut? -Yes.

Actually, now I have doubts it's possible to prove this hypothesis at all.

Maybe it's for the best.

I was desperate yesterday.

Okay, let's collect the equipment and take it to the station.

Vitia, give me a hand.

Pavel Nikolayevich, it can wait till tomorrow.

No, no. We need to finish it today.

Is it everything?

-Yes. -Okay, then.

I'll be right with you.

Okay.

I'll give you a ride in a police car.

Are you okay?

You have beautiful hands.

Buffon's needle.

What do you mean?

It's a classic problem on geometric probability.

If you drop a needle on a sheet of lined paper,

the probability that it lies across a line is directly connected to π.

You have very…

beautiful…

hands.

-Vitia. -Did you give him the key?

-Hi. -Hi. We've been doing math.

I see. Proving the Riemann Theorem, eh?

Well.

You know nothing about math.

I know nothing about math? I know everything about math.