1 00:02:03,183 --> 00:02:07,725 - 9.13 am: personal note. 2 00:02:07,891 --> 00:02:13,433 - My mother always told me not to stare at the sun... 3 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,391 ..but once, at six years old, I did it. 4 00:02:18,350 --> 00:02:21,641 - The doctors didn't know if my eyes would be healed. 5 00:02:23,100 --> 00:02:27,891 - I was terrified. I was alone in the midst of all that darkness. 6 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,766 - Little by little the light began to make his way through the bandages... 7 00:02:33,891 --> 00:02:39,433 ..and I regained my sight, but something had changed inside me... 8 00:02:41,850 --> 00:02:44,641 ...and the migraines began. 9 00:02:52,558 --> 00:02:56,058 - Max, shall we play? - Yes, Jenna. 10 00:02:56,641 --> 00:03:00,933 What is 322 times 491? 11 00:03:01,058 --> 00:03:05,225 - 158.102. Right? - Exact! 12 00:03:05,350 --> 00:03:12,391 - Now 73 divided by 22. - 3.3181818... 13 00:03:31,808 --> 00:03:35,891 - 12.45pm: I state my theories again. 14 00:03:36,058 --> 00:03:40,183 - First: nature speaks through mathematics. 15 00:03:41,016 --> 00:03:46,683 - Second: everything through numbers it can be represented and understood. 16 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:53,350 - Third: drawing the graph of any number system... 17 00:03:53,475 --> 00:03:58,391 ..a pattern follows, so everywhere, in nature... 18 00:03:58,516 --> 00:04:01,641 ...there are patterns. 19 00:04:02,641 --> 00:04:06,850 - Here's the evidence: the cyclical nature of epidemics... 20 00:04:07,016 --> 00:04:10,683 ..growth and reduction of herds of caribbean... 21 00:04:10,891 --> 00:04:14,683 ...cyclicality sunspots... 22 00:04:14,850 --> 00:04:18,016 ..the floods and shallows of the Nile. 23 00:04:22,225 --> 00:04:26,016 - Let's talk about the stock market, of that universe of numbers... 24 00:04:26,183 --> 00:04:30,016 ..which represents the economy global. Working hands... 25 00:04:30,183 --> 00:04:33,891 ..an immense human network that cries out to life. 26 00:04:34,016 --> 00:04:37,558 - A living organism. 27 00:04:37,766 --> 00:04:42,641 - My guess: also There is a pattern on the stock exchange... 28 00:04:42,766 --> 00:04:46,683 ..and it's right in front of me, hidden among the numbers. 29 00:04:46,850 --> 00:04:51,058 - It's always been there. 12.50 pm: I press "send". 30 00:05:10,308 --> 00:05:13,391 - Ready? - Maximillian Cohen, Please. - It's me. 31 00:05:13,516 --> 00:05:18,433 I'm Marcy Dawson. Remember? I am a partner of the firm... 32 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:23,766 - I already told you that I don't want... - Can we have lunch together tomorrow? 33 00:05:48,850 --> 00:05:52,891 - Max, how's it going? - Hi, Devi. - I bought you some samosas. 34 00:05:53,058 --> 00:05:56,183 - Thank you. - What hair! 35 00:05:56,308 --> 00:06:00,016 - What are you doing? - You can't go around like that. - They're fine. 36 00:06:00,183 --> 00:06:03,516 - I won't eat you! - They're fine like this. 37 00:06:05,058 --> 00:06:09,266 - You need a mom. - I have to go. - Max! 38 00:06:09,350 --> 00:06:14,183 - Here, your samosas. - Thank you. 39 00:06:18,058 --> 00:06:20,683 - 4.23pm: results. 40 00:06:20,850 --> 00:06:25,100 - According to Euclid the NTCs tomorrow they will reach 100. Nice bet! 41 00:06:25,266 --> 00:06:28,391 - Other interesting anomalies: always according to old Euclid... 42 00:06:28,516 --> 00:06:31,683 ..the ProNets will stop at 65.25. 43 00:06:31,808 --> 00:06:35,433 - Do I bother you? Sorry, I'll turn it off. 44 00:06:36,641 --> 00:06:40,641 I'm Lenny Meyer. What's her name? 45 00:06:41,891 --> 00:06:45,891 - Max. - Max and then? 46 00:06:46,058 --> 00:06:49,850 -Max Cohen. - He's Jewish. 47 00:06:51,933 --> 00:06:56,516 I'm Jewish too. Are you a practitioner? 48 00:06:56,725 --> 00:07:02,391 - I'm not interested in religion. - Do you know Kaballah? 49 00:07:02,516 --> 00:07:06,641 - No. - Jewish mysticism. - I am very busy. - I understand. 50 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:14,350 This is a very moment exciting part of our history. 51 00:07:14,516 --> 00:07:19,683 - Indeed, it is for all humanity. - Really? - Yes. 52 00:07:19,808 --> 00:07:24,850 Very exciting. She knows Tefillin? Do you know what they are? 53 00:07:26,225 --> 00:07:30,725 It's an ancient tradition, it's useful to celebrate a very powerful rite... 54 00:07:30,850 --> 00:07:36,183 ..a Mitzv� of all us males Jews, a ritual that purifies. 55 00:07:36,350 --> 00:07:40,808 - Which brings us closer to God. Do you want to try? - Fuck! 56 00:07:40,933 --> 00:07:43,975 Is he okay? Are you okay, Max? 57 00:07:58,975 --> 00:08:03,766 Please, at least it doesn't last long! 58 00:08:06,016 --> 00:08:10,516 - 5.55 pm: personal note. It is the second attack in 24 hours. 59 00:08:10,641 --> 00:08:14,266 - Administered 80 mg of Promazine HCL... 60 00:08:14,391 --> 00:08:17,391 ..6 mg of Sumatriptan orally... 61 00:08:17,516 --> 00:08:21,725 ..and 1 mg of Dihydroergotamine Mesylate subcutaneously. 62 00:10:13,850 --> 00:10:18,308 - Ready? - I'm Marcy Dawson of the Lancet and Percy. 63 00:10:18,433 --> 00:10:22,558 Tomorrow at 3.00 I will be in China Town. 64 00:10:22,683 --> 00:10:26,391 I'd like to pay you a visit, I want to get to know her. 65 00:10:26,516 --> 00:10:30,100 Our meeting will be beneficial to both of them. See you at 3.00? 66 00:10:30,225 --> 00:10:34,308 - How did you get my address? - They gave it to me at Columbia. 67 00:10:34,475 --> 00:10:37,933 - Until tomorrow. It will be punctual. - No, wait... 68 00:11:10,808 --> 00:11:12,516 Max! 69 00:11:34,475 --> 00:11:40,058 Stop your brain, trust instinct, use intuition. 70 00:11:46,391 --> 00:11:51,641 - Did you like Hamlet? - I didn't go there. 71 00:11:51,850 --> 00:11:57,391 It will be more than a month ago you don't take a break. 72 00:12:00,225 --> 00:12:02,933 I'm close. 73 00:12:05,516 --> 00:12:09,058 You saw the new fish what did my niece give me? 74 00:12:09,225 --> 00:12:13,933 I called him Icarus thinking of you, my rebellious disciple. 75 00:12:14,141 --> 00:12:18,766 You want to fly too high and you'll end up getting burned! 76 00:12:18,933 --> 00:12:23,100 I look at you and see myself 30 years ago, you were my best student... 77 00:12:23,266 --> 00:12:27,350 ..published at 16, graduated at 20. 78 00:12:27,516 --> 00:12:30,850 But life isn't done just math. 79 00:12:30,975 --> 00:12:35,141 I spent 40 years looking for solutions... 80 00:12:35,266 --> 00:12:39,058 ...and I found nothing. - No, he found something. 81 00:12:40,016 --> 00:12:45,516 I found something, but not that pattern. 82 00:12:50,808 --> 00:12:56,308 - Not that pattern. 11.22am: personal note. 83 00:12:56,475 --> 00:13:00,891 - Sol has been dead ever since he stopped researching Pi. 84 00:13:01,766 --> 00:13:05,225 - It wasn't just the heart attack... 85 00:13:05,391 --> 00:13:08,308 ..as if it had gone out. 86 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:15,225 - Because it stopped when it was close to the essence of Pi? 87 00:13:21,891 --> 00:13:25,308 - How can you stop believing that there is a pattern... 88 00:13:25,433 --> 00:13:28,850 ..an order behind the numbers, when are you about to touch the truth? 89 00:13:34,266 --> 00:13:37,641 - We'll see the simplicity of the circle... 90 00:13:37,766 --> 00:13:41,891 ..the complexity of those numbers: 3.1 towards infinity! 91 00:14:30,933 --> 00:14:34,558 Max! Lenny Meyer. 92 00:14:35,641 --> 00:14:37,600 I turn it off. 93 00:14:39,183 --> 00:14:43,350 What do you do? 94 00:14:47,016 --> 00:14:51,141 - Mathematics for computers. - What kind of mathematics? 95 00:14:51,808 --> 00:14:55,766 - Number theory, I do research. - I work with numbers too! 96 00:14:56,350 --> 00:15:00,850 Not in the traditional way, I study the Torah. It's crazy! 97 00:15:03,808 --> 00:15:07,100 Hebrew is all numbers, It's mathematics. 98 00:15:07,933 --> 00:15:13,183 Our fathers used Hebrew as a number system. I can? 99 00:15:13,350 --> 00:15:17,766 Each letter corresponds to a number: A, Alef, � 1. 100 00:15:17,891 --> 00:15:21,725 B, Bet, � 2. Do you follow me? 101 00:15:21,850 --> 00:15:25,266 Now be careful. The numbers are interconnected. 102 00:15:25,433 --> 00:15:28,933 For example: father, "ab", alef and bet. 103 00:15:29,058 --> 00:15:33,725 1 and 2 equals 3. Are we there? 104 00:15:33,850 --> 00:15:37,266 And now the word "mother", "haim", alef, mem... 105 00:15:37,391 --> 00:15:44,433 1 plus 40 equals 41. 41 plus 3 equals 44. 106 00:15:44,641 --> 00:15:48,100 Got it? Now let's try the word "son". 107 00:15:48,225 --> 00:15:51,391 Mother, father and son, "yelev". 108 00:15:51,516 --> 00:15:55,141 10, 30 and 4. 109 00:15:55,266 --> 00:15:57,891 44. 110 00:16:00,141 --> 00:16:03,266 The Torah is alone a long series of numbers. 111 00:16:03,433 --> 00:16:06,891 According to some It is a code that God sent us. 112 00:16:07,058 --> 00:16:11,141 - Very interesting. - This is just stuff. Listen. 113 00:16:11,266 --> 00:16:14,558 Let's try the Garden of Eden, “Kadem.” 114 00:16:14,725 --> 00:16:18,891 Translated into numbers it is 144... 115 00:16:19,058 --> 00:16:22,350 ..the value of the tree of life which is found within Eden. 116 00:16:23,308 --> 00:16:28,850 - "Aat Ha Haim" � 233. 144, 233... - They are the Fibonacci numbers. 117 00:16:28,975 --> 00:16:33,308 - How? - It's like its number sequence. 118 00:16:33,475 --> 00:16:35,558 Fibonacci? 119 00:16:35,725 --> 00:16:41,308 He was an Italian mathematician of the 13th century. 120 00:16:41,433 --> 00:16:46,433 If you divide 233 by 144... 121 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,475 ..the result is close to Theta. - Theta? 122 00:16:50,641 --> 00:16:56,016 The Greek symbol of the golden ratio. 123 00:16:56,141 --> 00:16:59,600 - The golden spiral. - Wow! 124 00:17:00,558 --> 00:17:05,475 This is new to me. La trovi anche in natura? 125 00:17:05,641 --> 00:17:10,641 - Like sunflowers? - Ci sono spirali ovunque. 126 00:17:11,850 --> 00:17:14,433 E la matematica � ovunque! 127 00:17:36,641 --> 00:17:38,850 Max! Where are you going? 128 00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:42,225 - 1.26 pm: I state my theories again. 129 00:17:42,350 --> 00:17:45,891 - First: nature speaks through mathematics. 130 00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:52,683 - Secondo: ci� che ci circonda si pu� comprendere attraverso i numeri. 131 00:17:54,641 --> 00:17:58,391 - Third: drawing the graph of any number system... 132 00:17:58,516 --> 00:18:03,350 ..ne consegue uno schema. Quindi ovunque, in natura... 133 00:18:03,475 --> 00:18:07,641 ...there are patterns. So let's talk about the stock market... 134 00:18:07,766 --> 00:18:11,558 ..a universe made up of numbers which represents the global economy... 135 00:18:11,725 --> 00:18:16,016 ..an immense human network that cries out to life. 136 00:18:16,141 --> 00:18:21,266 - A living organism. My guess... 137 00:18:21,475 --> 00:18:26,433 ...which also exists on the stock exchange a pattern and it's in front of me. 138 00:18:26,558 --> 00:18:29,725 - Play with numbers, It has always been there. 139 00:18:29,933 --> 00:18:32,850 - 10.18 am: I press "send". 140 00:19:08,391 --> 00:19:11,058 But what...? 141 00:19:15,308 --> 00:19:17,016 Fuck! 142 00:19:18,391 --> 00:19:20,891 Holy shit! 143 00:19:23,391 --> 00:19:27,766 - 10.28 am: result. Just bullshit. 144 00:19:27,891 --> 00:19:31,850 - According to Euclid the AARs will reach 6.5. 145 00:19:31,975 --> 00:19:35,141 - But it's been 20 years they don't go below 40! 146 00:19:35,308 --> 00:19:40,308 - Possible explanation? Human error. 147 00:21:21,683 --> 00:21:24,850 - 11.11am: results. 148 00:21:24,933 --> 00:21:28,891 - Rimedi falliti, betabloccanti, calcium channel blockers... 149 00:21:29,225 --> 00:21:33,725 ..iniezioni di adrenalina, Ibuprofen in dosi massicce... 150 00:21:33,850 --> 00:21:38,391 ..steroidi, aspirina, esercizio fisico, supposte di Caprigot... 151 00:21:38,516 --> 00:21:42,058 ..caffeine, acupuncture, marijuana, Percotan... 152 00:21:42,183 --> 00:21:45,683 ..Midrin, Tennormon, Sanser, homeopathy... 153 00:21:51,016 --> 00:21:58,225 - No results. 154 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:18,975 Euclide � andato, ho perso i miei dati, non funziona il software. 155 00:22:19,100 --> 00:22:23,266 - And your Mainframe? - Burnt. - What happened? 156 00:22:23,433 --> 00:22:26,641 He acted crazy with the performance of the stock market. 157 00:22:26,766 --> 00:22:32,100 He spat out a series of numbers, it had never happened. 158 00:22:32,225 --> 00:22:34,933 Then he started smoking. 159 00:22:35,100 --> 00:22:39,016 - Do you have a printout? - About what? - Stock market forecasts. 160 00:22:39,141 --> 00:22:42,475 - I threw it away. - Do you remember how many numbers he spit out? 161 00:22:42,641 --> 00:22:47,558 - An endless series. - How many? - I have no idea. 162 00:22:47,725 --> 00:22:51,766 Make an effort. 100, 1000, 216? 163 00:22:51,933 --> 00:22:55,350 - Approximately. - About 200, why? 164 00:22:57,266 --> 00:23:01,391 When I was studying Pi � A similar virus happened to me too. 165 00:23:01,516 --> 00:23:05,641 I was wondering if it was the same as this one. Have I already introduced you to Archimedes? 166 00:23:07,016 --> 00:23:09,600 The one with the stain. 167 00:23:09,766 --> 00:23:13,975 Remember Archimedes of Syracuse? 168 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:18,850 One day the king came to him and asked him to establish... 169 00:23:18,975 --> 00:23:22,266 ..if a gift he had received was made of real gold. 170 00:23:22,433 --> 00:23:25,725 They didn't know at the time how to establish it. 171 00:23:25,891 --> 00:23:29,141 The Greek mathematician tortures himself the brain for weeks... 172 00:23:29,266 --> 00:23:34,558 ..spends the nights tossing and turning in bed without finding an answer. 173 00:23:34,725 --> 00:23:39,266 In the end his wife, as exhausted as he is... 174 00:23:39,391 --> 00:23:46,016 ..convinces him to do it a nice bathroom to relax... 175 00:23:46,183 --> 00:23:50,850 ..while he is entering the tub Archimedes realizes... 176 00:23:51,016 --> 00:23:54,141 ..that the water level rises. 177 00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:58,808 Displacement, that's the way to determine the volume. 178 00:23:58,933 --> 00:24:03,808 Also the way to determine density, weight over volume. 179 00:24:03,933 --> 00:24:10,183 This is how Archimedes solves it his problem. He shouts: "Eureka"! 180 00:24:10,350 --> 00:24:13,850 He is so excited that he runs naked through the streets of the city... 181 00:24:13,975 --> 00:24:18,141 ..up to the king's palace to tell him his discovery! 182 00:24:19,808 --> 00:24:24,516 What is the moral of this story? 183 00:24:24,683 --> 00:24:29,183 - That I shouldn't be discouraged? - Wrong. 184 00:24:29,433 --> 00:24:32,558 The focal point of the story It's the wife. 185 00:24:32,725 --> 00:24:35,850 She makes him see things from a different perspective. 186 00:24:35,975 --> 00:24:39,683 You have to go take a bath, rest your brain. 187 00:24:39,850 --> 00:24:44,225 Order does not reign in you, but just a big mess. 188 00:24:46,141 --> 00:24:51,308 Go home and go take a nice hot bath. 189 00:25:21,891 --> 00:25:27,808 "The stock market plummets." Can you lend it to me for a moment? 190 00:25:40,016 --> 00:25:42,058 My God! 191 00:25:48,058 --> 00:25:51,308 - 6.5. - Hey! 192 00:25:53,183 --> 00:25:56,516 Hey! Will you give me back the newspaper? 193 00:26:41,975 --> 00:26:46,266 Mr. Cohen! What a pleasure to see her, I thought he had forgotten. 194 00:26:46,391 --> 00:26:51,891 - Who is he? - I'm Marcy Dawson of the Lancet and Percy. 195 00:26:52,058 --> 00:26:56,516 - We were supposed to meet. - I'm in a hurry. - It's an honor to meet you. 196 00:26:56,641 --> 00:27:01,600 - I have been studying his lyrics for years. - I have to go! - Mr. Cohen! 197 00:27:33,016 --> 00:27:36,850 There are! Yes! 198 00:27:53,475 --> 00:27:56,558 I threw away a piece of paper by accident. 199 00:27:57,558 --> 00:28:00,850 A printout with important data. 200 00:28:10,975 --> 00:28:14,350 Excuse me. Max, how are you? 201 00:28:14,516 --> 00:28:17,641 -Lenny Meyer. - Yes. - Where are you going? - To buy... 202 00:28:17,766 --> 00:28:21,558 - Do you have a minute? You want to try Tefillin? - Not now. 203 00:28:21,725 --> 00:28:25,475 - I have the car here... - Do you have a car? - Certain. 204 00:28:25,683 --> 00:28:31,016 - That's my friend Ephraim. - Okay, let's go. 205 00:28:32,975 --> 00:28:36,933 When you told me your name not I realized you were that Max Cohen. 206 00:28:37,058 --> 00:28:41,183 Your theories are revolutionary, have inspired our work. 207 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,558 - Really? - Yes. 208 00:28:45,683 --> 00:28:48,891 But we are not interested in the stock market. 209 00:28:49,058 --> 00:28:52,725 Twist it around your hand. 210 00:28:52,891 --> 00:28:56,016 - We look for a pattern in the Torah. - What kind of scheme? 211 00:28:56,183 --> 00:28:59,683 We only know that it is composed of 216 digits. 212 00:28:59,850 --> 00:29:03,600 - Do you want to get up? - 216? 213 00:29:03,725 --> 00:29:06,850 Exact. Now don't talk, get up. 214 00:29:08,308 --> 00:29:11,891 - 216? - This goes to the head. 215 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:16,141 Look at me. So. 216 00:29:20,641 --> 00:29:24,350 All right. Now we will recite a prayer together. 217 00:29:24,475 --> 00:29:28,016 Repeat after me: “Shma Yisroel.” 218 00:29:29,058 --> 00:29:33,933 - "Shma Yisroel". - Well. "Adenoi Eloihenu". 219 00:29:34,058 --> 00:29:39,933 - "Adenoi Eloihenu". - "Adenoi Echod". - "Adenoi Echod". 220 00:29:43,433 --> 00:29:48,808 - How is it going? - What is this series of 216 digits? 221 00:29:49,016 --> 00:29:50,850 What? 222 00:29:51,058 --> 00:29:55,141 You asked me if I had found it a 216-digit number. 223 00:29:56,350 --> 00:29:59,725 I was talking about the virus. 224 00:29:59,850 --> 00:30:04,766 - I came across it while working on Pi. - What do you want to say? 225 00:30:04,891 --> 00:30:09,891 - What's on your mind? - I spoke with a group of Orthodox Jews. 226 00:30:10,016 --> 00:30:15,183 - How? - The Hasids, those with beards. - I understand. 227 00:30:15,308 --> 00:30:20,308 I met one, a numerologist who studies the Torah. 228 00:30:21,433 --> 00:30:26,016 - Search for a 216-digit number in the Torah. - At that time? 229 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:30,225 - You're impressed by them coincidences? - There's more! 230 00:30:30,350 --> 00:30:34,433 - What? - Remember the predictions I was telling you about? 231 00:30:34,558 --> 00:30:38,641 - Those on the performance of the stock market? - It's incredible, but they were right. 232 00:30:38,850 --> 00:30:42,766 Those stocks have collapsed! 233 00:30:44,516 --> 00:30:48,391 There's something underneath and it has to do with that number. 234 00:30:48,516 --> 00:30:51,725 - There is an answer in that number. - Max. 235 00:30:52,391 --> 00:30:55,475 Farnetics, come with me. 236 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:59,266 The ancient Japanese they said that this table... 237 00:30:59,391 --> 00:31:02,558 ...the microcosm of the universe. 238 00:31:02,725 --> 00:31:06,391 When it's empty appears simple and tidy. 239 00:31:06,558 --> 00:31:10,641 But the number of possible moves in this game it is infinite. 240 00:31:10,808 --> 00:31:14,933 According to them they cannot exist two equal games. 241 00:31:15,058 --> 00:31:18,558 Therefore, according to Japanese culture... 242 00:31:18,683 --> 00:31:23,891 ..this table represents a chaotic and complex universe. 243 00:31:25,308 --> 00:31:29,100 This is the reality of ours world, my dear Max. 244 00:31:29,225 --> 00:31:32,350 You can't lead back it's all about math... 245 00:31:32,516 --> 00:31:35,433 ..there is no basic scheme. 246 00:31:35,558 --> 00:31:39,100 As the game progresses the chances decrease... 247 00:31:39,225 --> 00:31:42,433 ..and the table acquires its own order. The moves become predictable. 248 00:31:42,558 --> 00:31:47,683 - So what? - Even if we're not evolved enough to understand it... 249 00:31:47,808 --> 00:31:52,975 ..there is a pattern, an order that exists also hides behind this game. 250 00:31:53,141 --> 00:31:56,808 Maybe this pattern is the same which regulates the performance of the stock market. 251 00:31:56,933 --> 00:32:01,100 - It's the one of the Torah! - This is pure madness! 252 00:32:01,308 --> 00:32:06,433 - It could be genius. - You're missing the point. 253 00:32:06,558 --> 00:32:09,725 Take a deep breath. Do you realize? 254 00:32:09,850 --> 00:32:14,225 Relate the virus that infected your computer... 255 00:32:14,350 --> 00:32:17,266 ..with delirium of religious fanatics. 256 00:32:17,391 --> 00:32:21,141 If you fixate on a number, it you will always find on your way! 257 00:32:21,266 --> 00:32:25,141 You will count 216 steps from your home on the corner of the building... 258 00:32:25,308 --> 00:32:29,058 ..you will spend 216 seconds in the elevator to get to the ground. 259 00:32:30,350 --> 00:32:33,308 When the brain He is obsessed with something... 260 00:32:33,433 --> 00:32:37,475 ..tends not to record anything else and to focus only on that thought. 261 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,808 320, 450, 160, any number! 262 00:32:40,975 --> 00:32:46,100 You chose 216 and you won't do anything else than to find it in front of you. 263 00:32:46,266 --> 00:32:50,391 Remember, in the moment in which you decide to ignore... 264 00:32:50,558 --> 00:32:55,683 ...every form of scientific rigor, you are no longer a mathematician. 265 00:32:55,808 --> 00:32:58,141 You're just a numerologist! 266 00:33:00,850 --> 00:33:06,100 - Mr. Cohen! - Damn it! You have to stop following me. 267 00:33:06,225 --> 00:33:10,600 I don't care about money. I try to understand the world we live in. 268 00:33:10,766 --> 00:33:14,891 - You materialists disgust me! - I apologize. 269 00:33:15,016 --> 00:33:18,725 I admit I was too aggressive. 270 00:33:18,891 --> 00:33:21,058 I ask you for five minutes. 271 00:33:21,183 --> 00:33:25,683 To show her trust I brought her this. 272 00:33:25,808 --> 00:33:31,225 - I don't want money. - Not the suitcase contains money, gold and diamonds. 273 00:33:31,308 --> 00:33:35,891 - Silicon only. A Ming Mecca chip. - Ming Mecca? 274 00:33:36,016 --> 00:33:39,516 - They have not yet been classified. - It's true. 275 00:33:39,641 --> 00:33:45,183 But Lancet and Percy has many friends. Isn't it beautiful? 276 00:33:45,350 --> 00:33:48,725 And you have no idea how rare it is. 277 00:33:48,850 --> 00:33:53,641 - And you... - Mr. Cohen... 278 00:33:54,850 --> 00:33:59,766 - Are you feeling well? - No. - Can I do something? 279 00:34:58,183 --> 00:35:00,183 Hey! 280 00:37:34,766 --> 00:37:39,933 Come on, handsome. Get up. Coney Island, last stop. 281 00:37:40,933 --> 00:37:44,225 Here, clean your nose. 282 00:41:21,141 --> 00:41:24,683 Jenna, come here! Obey! 283 00:41:25,766 --> 00:41:28,725 Jenna, don't make me mad! 284 00:41:43,475 --> 00:41:46,975 - Farroukh? - No, I'm Max. The neighbor. 285 00:41:49,558 --> 00:41:53,891 - Max. What is it? Everything is fine? - Do you have some iodine? 286 00:41:54,016 --> 00:41:57,433 - Did you cut yourself? - No. I need it for the microscope. 287 00:41:57,558 --> 00:42:01,016 You scientists never rest! 288 00:42:03,641 --> 00:42:08,850 I'll be right back. I thought it was Farroukh. 289 00:42:08,975 --> 00:42:13,308 He should have already returned home. Here's iodine. 290 00:42:14,641 --> 00:42:18,058 What are you examining, a potato? 291 00:42:20,350 --> 00:42:23,100 No, a computer thing. Thank you. 292 00:43:21,516 --> 00:43:25,433 - Shalom, it's Lenny. - I'm Max Cohen. - How are you? 293 00:43:25,558 --> 00:43:29,266 - Come and visit us. - I was thinking again to our conversation. 294 00:43:29,391 --> 00:43:32,391 - I'm listening. - I want to help you. 295 00:43:37,850 --> 00:43:41,266 - 4.42 am: new tests. 296 00:43:41,433 --> 00:43:45,225 - Do you remember Pythagoras? Trendy mathematician. 297 00:43:45,391 --> 00:43:48,891 - Athens, 500 BC. 298 00:43:49,016 --> 00:43:53,558 - His main belief is that the universe is composed of numbers. 299 00:43:53,725 --> 00:43:57,850 - His main contribution: the golden section. 300 00:44:01,766 --> 00:44:05,891 - Represented geometrically from the golden rectangle. 301 00:44:06,308 --> 00:44:10,475 - The proportion between base and height It is absolutely perfect. 302 00:44:13,058 --> 00:44:17,891 - Using the height we can build a square inside. 303 00:44:18,058 --> 00:44:21,766 - The residual portion forms a another smaller golden rectangle. 304 00:44:21,933 --> 00:44:25,058 - Same process it can be repeated endlessly. 305 00:44:59,016 --> 00:45:03,766 - 11.18 am: more tests. Remember Leonardo Da Vinci? 306 00:45:03,891 --> 00:45:09,558 - Painter, inventor, sculptor, naturalist. Italy, 15th century. 307 00:45:09,766 --> 00:45:12,891 - He will rediscover absolute perfection of the Pythagorean rectangle... 308 00:45:13,016 --> 00:45:15,516 ..and used it in his works. 309 00:45:15,641 --> 00:45:21,600 - Tracing a curve inside the spiral is generated from the rectangles. 310 00:45:23,266 --> 00:45:27,600 - Pythagoras loved this form which, according to him, it was everywhere in nature... 311 00:45:27,725 --> 00:45:30,850 ...the nautilus shell, the ram's horns, the vortices... 312 00:45:31,016 --> 00:45:35,766 ..the whirlwinds, the footprints digital, DNA and the Milky Way. 313 00:45:36,725 --> 00:45:39,058 - 9.22 am: personal note. 314 00:45:39,225 --> 00:45:42,933 - My mother always told me not to stare at the sun... 315 00:45:43,058 --> 00:45:46,183 ..but once, at six years old, I did it. 316 00:45:46,350 --> 00:45:49,475 - At first that blinding light it was unbearable... 317 00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:54,225 ..but I didn't take my eyes away. Then the light began to fade.. 318 00:45:54,391 --> 00:45:59,600 ..my pupils shrank and I managed to bring everything into focus. 319 00:46:00,058 --> 00:46:03,183 - For a moment I saw and understood. 320 00:46:03,308 --> 00:46:06,766 - Here's my new theory: if we are spirals... 321 00:46:06,891 --> 00:46:09,975 ...and we live in a gigantic spiral... 322 00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:13,975 ..everything that surrounds us merges into that spiral. 323 00:46:20,766 --> 00:46:24,225 - 10.15am: personal note. 324 00:46:26,308 --> 00:46:34,225 - I'm on the edge of a precipice. And that's where everything happens. 325 00:46:34,350 --> 00:46:40,183 - Mr. Cohen, I'm happy that... - What do you want in exchange for the chip? 326 00:46:40,308 --> 00:46:44,725 - I think you already know. - Not I'm sure I have what you want. 327 00:46:44,850 --> 00:46:50,058 - We'll take the risk. - Get your spies away from me. 328 00:46:50,183 --> 00:46:53,475 - It will be done. Do you have any other requests? - Yes. 329 00:46:55,016 --> 00:47:01,183 I'm reserved. Knock and leave the suitcase outside the door. 330 00:47:01,308 --> 00:47:05,141 - How will we know he's at home? - I'll knock too. 331 00:47:05,266 --> 00:47:08,391 "The stock market is on its knees". 332 00:47:19,308 --> 00:47:23,100 The Torah. A coffee. 333 00:47:26,516 --> 00:47:31,266 - What is it? - It means: "Letters and Numbers". - No. 334 00:47:31,391 --> 00:47:35,308 What is the 216 digit number? 335 00:47:35,475 --> 00:47:38,975 I do not know. If you find it, maybe we'll find out. 336 00:47:40,725 --> 00:47:43,475 Do you think you can do it? 337 00:47:44,391 --> 00:47:47,350 If it exists, I will find it. 338 00:48:15,141 --> 00:48:19,308 - Max. - Jenna! 339 00:48:19,433 --> 00:48:24,183 - Shall we play the game? - Not now. - Please! 340 00:49:33,891 --> 00:49:36,600 - Happy birthday, Euclid! 341 00:50:04,641 --> 00:50:08,183 - 6.30 pm: I press "send". 342 00:51:33,725 --> 00:51:36,850 - 6.33 pm: I press "send". 343 00:52:19,100 --> 00:52:22,266 Oh, God! No! 344 00:53:34,016 --> 00:53:36,766 Cursed! 345 00:55:09,100 --> 00:55:11,141 A! 346 00:55:28,766 --> 00:55:33,975 Ready? No, at this moment He's busy. I am sorry. 347 00:55:39,808 --> 00:55:44,683 - You were shouting. - Who told you that could he have put those locks? 348 00:55:50,516 --> 00:55:53,183 Do you feel better? 349 00:55:55,183 --> 00:56:00,058 Enough is enough, he has to go away, I can't stand his nonsense anymore. 350 00:56:00,183 --> 00:56:03,016 - Out! - Get up. 351 00:56:03,183 --> 00:56:07,350 - Will he chase me away? - Can't you see that he's sick now? 352 00:56:07,516 --> 00:56:11,891 - Go away! - It's better leave him alone. - Out! 353 00:56:12,058 --> 00:56:17,641 - Get lost! - Do you feel a little better? 354 00:56:19,225 --> 00:56:21,266 Go away! 355 00:56:32,558 --> 00:56:38,558 I'm almost there, I have to get there. I'm almost there, I have to get there. 356 00:56:38,725 --> 00:56:42,641 86% ACCURACY (ONLY GOD IS PERFECT) 357 00:58:54,350 --> 00:58:57,141 You ugly bastard! 358 00:59:38,308 --> 00:59:43,600 19 and 1/2... 39.8... 359 00:59:45,433 --> 00:59:50,225 ..6 and 3/4... 7.8... 360 00:59:52,891 --> 00:59:56,100 ..12 and 1/4... 361 00:59:58,516 --> 01:00:01,641 I know these numbers. 362 01:00:08,350 --> 01:00:12,933 They're going down, they're going down. 363 01:00:13,141 --> 01:00:18,141 - You lied to me. - You found it! 364 01:00:23,766 --> 01:00:26,516 All right, sit down. 365 01:00:27,891 --> 01:00:31,225 I stopped before fully understanding. 366 01:00:31,391 --> 01:00:35,225 But my theory � that some procedures... 367 01:00:35,391 --> 01:00:39,183 ..they let the computer in a spiral from which he cannot escape. 368 01:00:39,308 --> 01:00:42,433 This spiral brings him to a complete standstill... 369 01:00:42,600 --> 01:00:47,766 ..but before it stops working become aware... 370 01:00:47,891 --> 01:00:50,975 ...of its own structure. 371 01:00:51,100 --> 01:00:55,225 The computer takes notice of its siliceous nature... 372 01:00:55,350 --> 01:00:58,391 ...and therefore prints the formula. 373 01:01:00,516 --> 01:01:05,766 - Become aware. - In a way. 374 01:01:05,933 --> 01:01:09,058 I think so. 375 01:01:10,850 --> 01:01:14,266 My study of that pattern made Euclid aware. 376 01:01:15,516 --> 01:01:19,058 Before blocking he gave me that number. Is it its essence? 377 01:01:19,225 --> 01:01:23,600 - No, that's a virus. - It's more than that! 378 01:01:23,766 --> 01:01:27,975 It's not true. You ended up in an alley blind, there's nothing else there! 379 01:01:28,141 --> 01:01:32,350 - That's a door! - Which overlooks a precipice. 380 01:01:32,475 --> 01:01:36,183 - You risk your reason, you have to stop. - You were afraid... 381 01:01:36,308 --> 01:01:40,141 ...and you stopped. - See how have I shrunk? - Sol! 382 01:01:40,308 --> 01:01:43,433 - It caused my heart attack. - We're talking about math here! 383 01:01:43,600 --> 01:01:48,308 We mathematicians have a duty to get to that precipice. 384 01:01:48,433 --> 01:01:51,975 - It's not just mathematics! - Me you taught it! - It's death! 385 01:01:52,100 --> 01:01:56,433 You can't tell me. You retired here! 386 01:01:56,558 --> 01:02:00,141 - Go home. - This is not life. - Get lost. 387 01:02:00,308 --> 01:02:04,350 - I'll find out what it is! - Go out! - He'll understand! 388 01:02:20,891 --> 01:02:22,391 Hey! 389 01:02:35,391 --> 01:02:37,683 Stop! 390 01:03:42,975 --> 01:03:45,975 - Who do you work for? - For me. - Who sent you? - Nobody. 391 01:03:46,141 --> 01:03:49,266 - Who sent you? - I'm a student. - Give it to me. 392 01:03:49,391 --> 01:03:54,266 - It was just a task! - Go away, leave me alone! 393 01:04:08,808 --> 01:04:14,350 - Marcy, what's going on? - Come for a ride, Max. 394 01:04:14,516 --> 01:04:16,808 I can't. 395 01:04:18,225 --> 01:04:23,308 - We made a deal. Get in the car. - Don't touch me! 396 01:04:23,433 --> 01:04:27,058 - Max! - Help! 397 01:04:28,766 --> 01:04:32,516 - Max, stop! - Leave me alone! - Where do you think you're going? 398 01:04:32,683 --> 01:04:35,766 - Damn it! - Help! - Come here! 399 01:04:35,891 --> 01:04:38,891 Help! No! 400 01:04:40,641 --> 01:04:45,225 - Help! - Don't let him escape! Take it! 401 01:05:08,600 --> 01:05:11,391 - Where did he go? - Over there. 402 01:05:24,975 --> 01:05:29,558 - Max! - Leave me alone! What do you want from me? 403 01:05:29,725 --> 01:05:33,600 - Found! - No! Help me! 404 01:05:33,766 --> 01:05:37,558 - Stopped. - No! - Calm down. 405 01:05:37,725 --> 01:05:40,641 - Stop and shut your mouth! - Help me! 406 01:05:42,766 --> 01:05:45,808 Mom didn't teach you not to play with fire? 407 01:05:45,933 --> 01:05:50,058 - The stock market is sinking. - I didn't do anything. 408 01:05:50,141 --> 01:05:55,558 - I have never played on the stock market. - Do it Be careful where you throw your garbage. 409 01:05:56,433 --> 01:06:00,141 - How could you do that? - You got it given false information. 410 01:06:00,308 --> 01:06:05,141 You were good, but then you have us given only part of the code. 411 01:06:05,308 --> 01:06:09,308 - Give us the rest! - Capitalist bastards! 412 01:06:09,433 --> 01:06:13,475 - Why are you so stupid? - Maybe you didn't understand... 413 01:06:13,600 --> 01:06:16,975 ..I don't care about you and your life... 414 01:06:17,141 --> 01:06:20,100 ..I'm interested what's in your brain. 415 01:06:20,308 --> 01:06:24,475 Help yourself. You know what he says the law of the jungle? 416 01:06:24,600 --> 01:06:28,808 That only the strongest survive and we're the ones who have the gun! 417 01:06:28,933 --> 01:06:33,308 - Max, come here! - Lenny! - Stop! 418 01:06:33,516 --> 01:06:36,933 - You can't take him away. - Get in the car! Quick. 419 01:06:37,725 --> 01:06:42,350 - Hey! - Yes! - We did it. - We were looking for you. 420 01:06:44,058 --> 01:06:47,391 - What's happening? - Do you have the number? - What's happening? - Do you have the number? 421 01:06:47,516 --> 01:06:51,225 - What the fuck do you want? - Search him. - Take your hands off me! 422 01:06:51,391 --> 01:06:54,433 - Enough with the games! Where is the number? - I don't have it! 423 01:06:54,558 --> 01:06:57,766 - It's inside my head. - Did you memorize it? 424 01:06:57,933 --> 01:07:00,808 - Did you give it to those? - To whom? - To those on Wall Street. 425 01:07:00,975 --> 01:07:05,016 - What do you care? - Answers. - Fuck you. - Beat him. 426 01:07:05,183 --> 01:07:08,891 Listen to me, you're dealing with something very big. 427 01:07:09,058 --> 01:07:12,225 - I don't want to hurt you, answer: did you give it to him? - Only part of it. 428 01:07:12,350 --> 01:07:16,058 - Leave me alone. - Curse! 429 01:07:17,225 --> 01:07:20,391 - They're using it. - What? - Shut up! 430 01:07:20,516 --> 01:07:23,766 - Asshole, arrogant! - Let me go! 431 01:07:23,891 --> 01:07:25,766 No! 432 01:08:07,850 --> 01:08:09,975 Max... 433 01:08:10,266 --> 01:08:13,725 Max... Max... 434 01:08:15,766 --> 01:08:17,266 Max... 435 01:08:19,475 --> 01:08:24,391 You are safe. I'm Rabbi Cohen. 436 01:08:24,516 --> 01:08:27,641 Cohen, like you. 437 01:08:28,641 --> 01:08:32,016 I'm sorry for what he did Lenny, we reprimanded him. 438 01:08:32,183 --> 01:08:36,766 We are not like that. Do you feel better? 439 01:08:38,350 --> 01:08:40,850 - Yes. - Well. 440 01:08:41,975 --> 01:08:46,808 Max, you have to give us that number. 441 01:08:48,516 --> 01:08:50,600 What is it? 442 01:08:54,600 --> 01:08:57,725 According to the Talmud it all started two thousand years ago... 443 01:08:57,933 --> 01:09:01,100 ..when the Romans... - I want to understand. 444 01:09:01,225 --> 01:09:04,433 You will understand everything if you listen to me. 445 01:09:05,766 --> 01:09:09,308 The Romans killed our priests, the Cohanim. 446 01:09:09,433 --> 01:09:13,933 But also with their death our biggest secret. 447 01:09:14,100 --> 01:09:17,266 In that temple there was the heart of the Jewish faith... 448 01:09:17,391 --> 01:09:20,641 ..the essence of our belief. 449 01:09:20,766 --> 01:09:25,516 That was where the residence was located earthly life of our God... 450 01:09:25,683 --> 01:09:30,641 ..that is, of the only God. That temple housed the Ark of the Covenant... 451 01:09:31,391 --> 01:09:34,850 ..which in turn contained the ten commandments... 452 01:09:34,975 --> 01:09:38,100 ...that God had given to Moses. 453 01:09:38,266 --> 01:09:43,225 It was only granted to a man of enter the most sacred of places... 454 01:09:43,350 --> 01:09:47,475 ...and only on the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur. 455 01:09:47,600 --> 01:09:51,516 On the day of all redemption Israel went to Jerusalem... 456 01:09:51,641 --> 01:09:54,683 ..to look at the high priest, the Cohen Godul... 457 01:09:54,850 --> 01:09:58,350 ..who made his entrance in the holiest of places. 458 01:09:58,475 --> 01:10:02,475 If the high priest was pure, he would leave shortly after... 459 01:10:02,600 --> 01:10:05,641 ...and we would have been certain of a year of prosperity. 460 01:10:05,808 --> 01:10:09,141 We would have known we were there approaching the time of the Messiah. 461 01:10:09,308 --> 01:10:12,475 If, however, the priest was impure... 462 01:10:12,600 --> 01:10:16,933 ..he would have died instantly and us we would have known we were defeated. 463 01:10:17,975 --> 01:10:22,475 The high priest had to celebrate a rite in the most sacred of places... 464 01:10:22,600 --> 01:10:26,100 ..he had to chant just one word. 465 01:10:28,808 --> 01:10:33,058 That word it was the true name of God. 466 01:10:35,225 --> 01:10:39,516 - So what? - His real name, that only the Cohanim knew... 467 01:10:39,683 --> 01:10:43,850 ..it was composed of 216 letters. 468 01:10:48,850 --> 01:10:51,725 You're saying... 469 01:10:53,600 --> 01:10:57,141 ..that's the number I have in my head Is it the true name of God? - Yes! 470 01:10:57,350 --> 01:11:02,516 It opens the door to the time of the Messiah and brings us closer to the Garden of Eden. 471 01:11:02,641 --> 01:11:08,433 When the Romans burned the temple the priest walked through the flames.. 472 01:11:08,600 --> 01:11:11,725 ..and went with the key to the roof of the burning temple. 473 01:11:11,850 --> 01:11:16,933 The sky opened to receive the key that the priest held... 474 01:11:18,016 --> 01:11:22,016 ..since that day that we are looking for that key... 475 01:11:22,183 --> 01:11:25,975 ..and maybe you found it. 476 01:11:28,683 --> 01:11:31,433 That's what it was! 477 01:11:34,850 --> 01:11:38,850 - I found God. - No, you are not pure. 478 01:11:38,975 --> 01:11:42,058 It is impossible to see God, if you are not pure. 479 01:11:42,183 --> 01:11:46,808 - It's not true, I saw it. - You didn't see anything! 480 01:11:46,933 --> 01:11:50,891 You just peeked, there's more! 481 01:11:51,058 --> 01:11:56,141 We can open the door, show to God that we are pure again. 482 01:11:56,266 --> 01:12:00,308 You are not pure! You are not the chosen! I found the key. 483 01:12:00,433 --> 01:12:02,766 Who do you think you are? 484 01:12:04,100 --> 01:12:07,350 You are nothing else than an instrument of our God. 485 01:12:07,516 --> 01:12:12,058 - Give back what is ours. - The key was given to me. 486 01:12:13,516 --> 01:12:16,683 It's inside me and it's changing me. 487 01:12:16,850 --> 01:12:21,683 No, it's killing you because you are not ready for this sacred gift. 488 01:12:26,100 --> 01:12:29,016 It's just a number. 489 01:12:30,558 --> 01:12:34,725 You will have done nothing but write 216 digit numbers... 490 01:12:34,850 --> 01:12:39,975 ..trying to decipher them, to sing them. Isn't that true? 491 01:12:41,391 --> 01:12:47,183 Where did it take you? That number is nothing. 492 01:12:50,558 --> 01:12:54,808 It's all between the lines, It's the syntax... 493 01:12:54,975 --> 01:12:58,100 ...that which exists between the numbers. 494 01:13:00,558 --> 01:13:03,475 If you haven't understood... 495 01:13:04,808 --> 01:13:08,433 ..because you are not the chosen ones. 496 01:13:08,600 --> 01:13:12,641 I found it! 497 01:13:12,808 --> 01:13:16,725 I just understood it. I will be the one to see God. 498 01:13:16,891 --> 01:13:19,891 Rabbi, your God has chosen me! 499 01:13:20,058 --> 01:13:23,141 - 5.13 am: personal note. Everything moves faster. 500 01:13:23,308 --> 01:13:27,266 - 7.10 am: if you stare into space, you can go blind. 501 01:13:27,391 --> 01:13:33,016 - What do eyes do without them the brain? They don't see anything. 502 01:13:33,141 --> 01:13:36,266 - My brain is behind, my eyes know it. 503 01:13:36,391 --> 01:13:40,183 - You have to search and hope, oil the brain to make it run. 504 01:13:40,350 --> 01:13:45,933 - I have my eyes in my hand, they were running too much. There is no more time. 505 01:13:46,058 --> 01:13:49,558 - How do we tighten the essence of God? My hands hurt... 506 01:13:49,683 --> 01:13:52,766 ..the eyes close, my brain is lagging. 507 01:13:52,933 --> 01:13:55,641 - But I'm starting to see! 508 01:13:59,391 --> 01:14:03,558 - Who are you looking for? - Sol. 509 01:14:05,308 --> 01:14:08,433 - Was he a friend of yours? - What do you mean? 510 01:14:09,766 --> 01:14:12,891 He had another attack. 511 01:15:34,391 --> 01:15:35,991 No! 512 01:15:43,891 --> 01:15:47,016 No! 513 01:15:49,600 --> 01:15:54,391 God, help me! No! 514 01:15:55,433 --> 01:15:58,391 Enough! Enough! 515 01:16:02,558 --> 01:16:04,158 Enough! 516 01:16:20,683 --> 01:16:23,183 No! 517 01:16:44,391 --> 01:16:46,641 Five... 518 01:16:50,350 --> 01:16:52,975 ...eighteen... 519 01:16:54,475 --> 01:16:58,350 ..nine, seven... 520 01:17:00,933 --> 01:17:02,891 ...two... 521 01:17:05,058 --> 01:17:07,308 ...you're... 522 01:17:15,891 --> 01:17:18,141 No! 523 01:18:55,266 --> 01:18:58,350 - 5.22pm: personal note. 524 01:18:58,516 --> 01:19:02,641 - My mother always told me not to stare at the sun... 525 01:19:06,766 --> 01:19:10,058 ..but once, when I was six years old, I did it. 526 01:19:36,475 --> 01:19:38,975 Max, look. 527 01:19:41,100 --> 01:19:45,225 How beautiful! Can we play? Do you like it? 528 01:19:47,266 --> 01:19:53,100 255 multiplied by 183. 529 01:19:53,225 --> 01:19:55,475 How much is it? 530 01:20:10,558 --> 01:20:16,600 - I don't know, Jenna. - 46,665. You see? 531 01:20:23,391 --> 01:20:28,141 Now let's try to do 748 divided by 238. 532 01:20:28,266 --> 01:20:31,391 Come on, Max, tell me how much it does.