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{1147}{1197}1 {1319}{1383}Do you know what prime numbers are? {1388}{1446} {1451}{1502}2 {1572}{1624}Because if you don't, {1628}{1651}you should just leave now. {1655}{1725} {1730}{1795}3 {1859}{1882}in 1742, the mathematician {1901}{1928}Christian Goldbach {1942}{1989} {1995}{2020}4 {2101}{2138}observed that even numbers {2142}{2181}could be expressed {2210}{2240} {2248}{2285}5 {2348}{2418}as the sum of two prime numbers. {2430}{2464} {2486}{2517}6 {2620}{2658}It's easy to see {2666}{2713}with small numbers. {2717}{2768} {2773}{2813}7 {2917}{2941}18, an even number, {2953}{2985}is 7 + 11, {3028}{3055} {3159}{3193}8 {3245}{3284}which are prime. {3295}{3347} {3353}{3394}9 {3945}{3976}24 is 5 + 19, {3982}{4004}which are prime. {4027}{4102} {4137}{4208}10 {6720}{6813}50 is 13 + 37, and so on. {7182}{7233} {7244}{7282}11 {7344}{7434}Say an even number. {7513}{7544} {7564}{7612}12 {7712}{7808}100. {7818}{7851} {7871}{7942}13 {8024}{8088}1,000. {8109}{8141} {8145}{8174}14 {8218}{8260}100 is 83 + 17. {8265}{8280} {8285}{8327}15 {8417}{8483}And 1,000 {8584}{8615} {8636}{8659}16 {8721}{8797}is 521 + 479. {8802}{8824} {8829}{8889}17 {8971}{9003}It works with {9026}{9049}much larger numbers too. {9053}{9080} {9085}{9107}18 {9190}{9220}Let's see, any number... {9227}{9257} {9366}{9426}19 {10279}{10296}7,112. {10311}{10353} {10378}{10403}20 {10470}{10536}7,112 {10544}{10589} {10677}{10698}21 {10780}{10860}is {11236}{11312} {11321}{11365}22 {11548}{11572}5,119 + {11593}{11688} {11712}{11750}23 {11794}{11824}1,993. {11828}{11909} {11935}{11987}24 {12050}{12114}Both prime numbers. {12223}{12319} {12331}{12411}25 {12520}{12552}But you can't check it {12557}{12607}with all even numbers {12612}{12678} {12754}{12789}26 {12992}{13026}because numbers are infinite. {13030}{13070} {13159}{13222}27 {14171}{14211}A law had to be found {14218}{14241}that would cover them all. {14247}{14311} {14328}{14370}28 {14435}{14480}And finding it became {14483}{14501}the most difficult problem {14524}{14545} {15346}{15371}29 {15488}{15530}in the History of Mathematics. {15561}{15598} {15619}{15641}30 {15773}{15815}Will you sign this? {16012}{16042} {16117}{16166}31 {16203}{16289}Yes, of course. {16297}{16336} {16350}{16380}32 {16699}{16758}- Your name? {16782}{16804}- Inns. {16858}{16928} {16981}{17002}33 {17315}{17333}For In�s. {17356}{17427} {17432}{17459}34 {17515}{17589}- Here you are, In�s. {17600}{17651}- Thank you. {17656}{17689} {17791}{17834}35 {17917}{17960}- And good luck! {18004}{18022}- Thanks. {18068}{18116} {18120}{18186}36 {19095}{19129}Why "good luck"? {19160}{19197} {19203}{19234}37 {19324}{19343}On February 20 I'm presenting {19363}{19388}my demonstration {19394}{19440} {19446}{19486}38 {19548}{19563}of Goldbach's Conjecture. {19568}{19610} {19615}{19661}39 {19726}{19772}Come up! {19778}{19820}Hurry! {19832}{19853} {19858}{19890}40 {20463}{20525}Your demonstration's ruined. {20537}{20579} {20720}{20739}41 {20827}{20853}Fuck! {20860}{20907} {20917}{20938}42 {21006}{21057}- What'll you do? {21069}{21100}- I can repeat it, but I need time. {21105}{21157} {21161}{21248}43 {21482}{21503}I don't know how they got in {21513}{21565}without being heard. {21641}{21716} {21721}{21772}44 {23122}{23185}FERMAT'S ROOM {23199}{23283} {23309}{23356}45 {23402}{23470}FOUR MONTHS LATER {25665}{25713} {25735}{25750}46 {26455}{26495}You like puzzles, don't you? {26499}{26552} {26650}{26699}47 {26927}{26955}See if you can answer this. {26967}{27009} {27013}{27053}48 {27121}{27160}What is the link {27512}{27529} {27547}{27581}49 {27622}{27660}between Georg Cantor, {27687}{27739}Yutaka Taniyama and Kurt G�del? {29129}{29159} {29204}{29237}50 {29860}{29925}Let's see. {29946}{29980} {30038}{30065}51 {30216}{30250}The three were mathematicians. {30262}{30328} {30338}{30362}52 {30481}{30574}- The three went down in History... {30590}{30615}- And the three went mad. {30675}{30696} {30700}{30743}53 {30783}{30830}Kurt G�del formulated {30840}{30862}the Theorem of Incompleteness. {30887}{30962} {30987}{31021}54 {31094}{31123}Kurt G�del {31150}{31210}committed suicide. {31214}{31256} {31279}{31372}55 {31454}{31537}I was very tempted to commit suicide {31546}{31620}a few days ago. {31638}{31708} {31712}{31796}56 {31846}{31887}But I remembered {31891}{31951}we had this game, {31978}{32042} {32058}{32087}57 {32282}{32308}something that you forget {32333}{32431}very often. {32445}{32470} {32517}{32568}58 {32694}{32713}You can't go on like this. {32717}{32749} {32753}{32787}59 {32821}{32853}You have to get out. {32858}{32924} {33077}{33126}60 {33551}{33590}I'm speaking as a doctor, {33598}{33634}not as a friend. {33713}{33779} {33817}{33876}61 {33945}{34026}You tell me three times a day. {34032}{34051} {34056}{34121}62 {34210}{34285}Three! {34363}{34415} {34419}{34454}63 {34521}{34602}I'm speaking as a mathematician, {34608}{34647}not as a friend. {34653}{34715} {34719}{34752}64 {34829}{34871}In fact, I'm going to go away. {34877}{34919} {34934}{34987}65 {35039}{35120}Want to see what I got {35129}{35161}in the mail today? {35173}{35212} {35242}{35270}66 {35339}{35377}Rook F {35394}{35427} {35437}{35474}67 {35562}{35614}to E 8. {35619}{35665} {35670}{35727}68 {35783}{35816}You'll see. {35845}{35872} {35881}{35920}69 {36096}{36155}"If you are capable of solving {36160}{36209}the following puzzle, {36221}{36276} {36283}{36312}70 {36377}{36411}which I don't doubt, {36536}{36579} {36584}{36639}71 {36738}{36783}you will be invited {37319}{37398}to a weekend gathering {37496}{37517} {37521}{37555}72 {37621}{37670}with the most ingenious {37683}{37716}mathematical minds. {37754}{37778} {37930}{37959}73 {38034}{38086}Sincerely, {38256}{38319} {38324}{38381}74 {38498}{38547}Fermat. " {38551}{38587} {38637}{38686}75 {38734}{38797}What's the puzzle? {38815}{38854} {38885}{38930}76 {39160}{39216}It's {39259}{39308} {39319}{39380}77 {39540}{39589}a sequence of numbers. {39878}{39919}You have to find the pattern. {39938}{39968} {40044}{40088}78 {40357}{40405}I've got ten days, {40416}{40473} {41293}{41316}79 {41369}{41407}but it isn't easy. {41411}{41460} {41589}{41633}80 {41845}{41877}TEN DAYS LATER {41891}{41920} {41929}{41959}81 {42036}{42058}...8, 5, 4, 9, 1, 7... {42094}{42153} {42220}{42245}82 {42312}{42353}Well? {42384}{42459} {42466}{42504}83 {42651}{42683}Have you solved the problem? {42704}{42759} {42765}{42813}84 {43384}{43455}No, I haven't. {43461}{43513} {43517}{43566}85 {43658}{43748}And this was the last day. {43752}{43786} {43790}{43887}86 {44013}{44082}If you want to stay late, {44105}{44187}I'll leave you the key. {44192}{44232} {44236}{44252}87 {44330}{44371}Drop it in the mailbox afterwards. {44390}{44408} {44412}{44464}88 {44522}{44554}Thanks. {44559}{44654} {44669}{44714}89 {44794}{44847}One thing. {44853}{44903} {45045}{45083}90 {45134}{45177}Put back any books you use {45182}{45217}in alphabetical order. {45221}{45275} {45284}{45325}91 {45380}{45457}Eight, five, four... {45474}{45523} {45528}{45606}92 {45648}{45705}They're in alphabetical order! {45712}{45758} {45763}{45813}93 {45862}{45892}Their alphabetical order! {45897}{45937} {45941}{45987}94 {46067}{46106}Dear Sir, {46110}{46168} {46178}{46201}95 {46462}{46490}Only you and three other people {46504}{46542}were able to resolve the puzzle. {46568}{46605} {46851}{46886}96 {47101}{47164}As I said in my last letter, {47171}{47222} {47230}{47278}97 {47343}{47390}the mathematical society {47394}{47451}I preside over {47456}{47500} {47504}{47570}98 {47663}{47697}would value your presence {47745}{47785} {47793}{47850}99 {48181}{48201}at one of the meetings we arrange {48227}{48297}to exchange knowledge. {48302}{48364} {48460}{48541}100 {48577}{48639}I hope you weren't offended {48648}{48710}by the test. {48733}{48780} {48783}{48835}101 {48923}{48965}Now I know I can trust you. {48999}{49063} {49068}{49104}102 {49198}{49249}If you trust me, {49277}{49317}follow my directions. {49321}{49372} {49768}{49814}103 {49861}{49945}On Friday, July 25, at 19:00, {50005}{50077}come to the meeting point. {50082}{50141} {50306}{50340}104 {50495}{50567}Take Highway 141 to Km. 18. {50571}{50639} {50643}{50675}105 {50733}{50800}Take the turn-off {50820}{50863}and continue to the end. {50877}{50953} {50976}{51011}106 {51070}{51101}Remember I am relying on you {51130}{51152} {51278}{51298}107 {51328}{51353}to put to you {51701}{51728}what I believe to be {53138}{53165} {53170}{53239}108 {53296}{53371}the most ingenious, {53480}{53554}unedited enigma ever set out. {53562}{53578} {53605}{53650}109 {53806}{53859}Do not bring a cell phone. {53873}{53925} {53983}{54027}110 {54641}{54708}Give no information about {54714}{54757}your identity to the other guests. {54795}{54831} {54864}{54885}111 {54965}{55040}Your pseudonym during {55045}{55111}the gathering {55116}{55159} {55199}{55252}112 {55350}{55398}will be Pascal. {55421}{55457} {55465}{55532}113 {55681}{55708}Sincerely, Fermat. {55713}{55771} {55775}{55820}114 {55892}{55943}I'm sorry, {55958}{56006}I've broken down here. {56029}{56073} {56098}{56131}115 {56224}{56273}It happens with old cars. {56280}{56386} {56427}{56451}116 {56571}{56600}Mr. Hilbert. {56675}{56711} {56744}{56788}117 {56949}{56972}- We're going to the same place! {57013}{57105}- Yes. What a coincidence. {57173}{57213} {57256}{57323}118 {57541}{57621}The more you study logic, {57698}{57749} {57765}{57825}119 {58031}{58069}the more you value coincidence. {58073}{58122} {58139}{58178}120 {58302}{58339}Do you know whose phrase that is? {58344}{58416} {58421}{58442}121 {58516}{58578}No. {58588}{58638} {58644}{58686}122 {58965}{58998}Mine! {59010}{59046} {59155}{59191}123 {59452}{59475}Hello. {59856}{59909} {59919}{59948}124 {60065}{60146}Are you going {60181}{60239}to the mysterious gathering? {60280}{60311} {60324}{60375}125 {60459}{60503}According to my invitation, {60579}{60612} {60622}{60695}126 {60739}{60805}I should call myself {60822}{60879} {60884}{60926}127 {61005}{61038}Oliva. {61043}{61094} {61100}{61135}128 {61203}{61240}That'll be for Oliva Sabuco, right? {61245}{61310} {61321}{61389}129 {61465}{61522}The 16th century scientist. {61530}{61572} {61576}{61634}130 {61787}{61829}I'm an inventor. {61842}{61894} {61899}{61945}131 {62047}{62071}Have you invented anything {62106}{62173}I might have used? {62292}{62344} {62348}{62383}132 {62511}{62555}I don't know. {62795}{62836} {62840}{62915}133 {62992}{63037}Lots of things, {63177}{63221}from huge hydraulic presses to... {63719}{63744} {63748}{63780}134 {63901}{63948}Look, things like this. {63955}{64025} {64029}{64100}135 {64170}{64231}You'll like this. {64235}{64275} {64280}{64358}136 {64442}{64472}This is... {64487}{64532} {64721}{64748}137 {65068}{65131}Well, you put the corn in here {65188}{65222} {65264}{65325}138 {65380}{65427}and then {65444}{65469} {65475}{65538}139 {65589}{65636}the popcorn {65719}{65744}comes out of his mouth. {65768}{65808} {66376}{66404}140 {66468}{66544}Aduck. {66564}{66616} {66625}{66670}141 {67000}{67044}Why the nicknames? {67086}{67127} {67168}{67214}142 {68100}{68149}Well, {68153}{68182} {68206}{68276}143 {68360}{68435}in theory because what matters {68439}{68462}at these meetings are the ideas, {68467}{68516} {68521}{68567}144 {68638}{68686}not the people. {68712}{68779} {68795}{68824}145 {68943}{68969}That's nice. {69108}{69171} {69176}{69248}146 {69488}{69510}I'm sick of people saying I'm right {69563}{69588}because of who I am. {69617}{69661} {69692}{69713}147 {69790}{69828}Yes, it's best {69833}{69910}if we don't know each other. {69928}{70018} {70267}{70310}148 {70673}{70711}But I do know you. {70720}{70803} {70971}{70992}149 {71310}{71369}I saw your photo in a magazine. {71400}{71445} {71466}{71519}150 {71620}{71656}It said that you'd resolved {71670}{71689} {71695}{71729}151 {71813}{71868}Goldbach's Conjecture. {71879}{71958} {71987}{72049}152 {72166}{72195}Is it true? {72224}{72266} {72324}{72344}153 {72446}{72484}If it is, {72488}{72522}it's best if no one knows. {72534}{72565} {72595}{72612}154 {72687}{72735}You'd all say I was right, {72765}{72795}just because of who I am. {72852}{72914} {72941}{72984}155 {73054}{73078}Hi, there! {73106}{73149} {73155}{73176}156 {73237}{73255}We're all here now. {73260}{73321} {73332}{73378}157 {73580}{73620}We weren't supposed {73899}{73951}to know each other. {73977}{74000} {74007}{74029}158 {74086}{74114}And we don't. {74124}{74165} {74169}{74195}159 {74273}{74302}Mr. Galois picked me up on the road. {74309}{74376} {74401}{74426}160 {74479}{74507}It's 19:00. {74512}{74550} {74559}{74592}161 {74647}{74715}Now what? {74723}{74753} {75393}{75421}162 {75482}{75517}To be precise, {75522}{75550}there's half a minute to go. {75557}{75574} {75579}{75632}163 {75686}{75718}I suppose they'll come and get us. {75722}{75799} {75805}{75844}164 {75910}{75966}You've done this before? {75971}{76013} {76017}{76039}165 {77609}{77636}Yes. {77641}{77667} {77671}{77711}166 {77744}{77780}There are always games and things. {79252}{79268} {79287}{79302}167 {80064}{80084}I bet they'll pick us up {80088}{80105} {80127}{80152}168 {80234}{80265}in a luxury car. {80629}{80655} {80659}{80696}169 {80774}{80833}Whoever is coming {80869}{80907}won't be punctual. {81052}{81090} {81094}{81137}170 {81320}{81359}In 5 seconds it'll be 19:00. {81372}{81434} {81444}{81489}171 {81578}{81602}Well, 3 seconds, {81643}{81713} {81721}{81746}172 {81851}{81908}2, 1... {81914}{81948} {81959}{82004}173 {82050}{82100}Lights! {82112}{82183} {82187}{82231}174 {82309}{82334}I think you've just found {82342}{82380}the luxury car. {82384}{82414} {82423}{82482}175 {82583}{82606}PYTHAGORAS {82615}{82658} {82683}{82704}176 {82809}{82837}Well, {82945}{82972} {83022}{83043}177 {83359}{83404}this reminds me of the riddle {83410}{83446}about the shepherd {83452}{83492} {83497}{83565}178 {83612}{83643}who has to cross {83647}{83678}the river in a boat {83684}{83721} {83740}{83764}179 {83920}{83953}with a sheep, a wolf {83967}{84022}and a cabbage. {84027}{84085} {84096}{84139}180 {84269}{84291}You know it? {84296}{84342} {84354}{84398}181 {84460}{84501}Only two can go {84523}{84573}in the boat. {84703}{84733} {84909}{84968}182 {85027}{85087}For example, {85125}{85157}the shepherd and the sheep. {85188}{85251} {85258}{85281}183 {85354}{85387}Or the shepherd {85392}{85450}and the cabbage. {85455}{85505} {85509}{85564}184 {85690}{85746}You have to work out {85992}{86044}how he can cross the river {86071}{86098} {86176}{86217}185 {86307}{86334}without the wolf eating the sheep {86339}{86369}or the sheep eating the cabbage. {86393}{86448} {86454}{86484}186 {86527}{86605}Why would a shepherd {86611}{86631}bring a wolf? {86636}{86658} {86701}{86769}187 {86817}{86876}What's more, {86911}{86981} {86987}{87044}188 {87126}{87163}I don't see what it has to do {87172}{87207}with this situation. {87213}{87280} {87288}{87336}189 {87389}{87419}Perhaps Professor Hilbert meant {87429}{87467}that one of us is the shepherd, {87475}{87509} {87516}{87580}190 {87619}{87643}another, the wolf; {87651}{87692}another, the sheep {87833}{87894} {87898}{87951}191 {88033}{88114}and another, the cabbage. {88142}{88217} {88221}{88254}192 {88328}{88375}They connected the car's system {88383}{88432}to a PDA. {88437}{88488} {88570}{88592}193 {88846}{88892}They probably programmed it {88984}{89051}to switch on the lights at 19:00. {89201}{89254} {89336}{89380}194 {89595}{89628}Now what? {89646}{89687}Where do we go? {89710}{89759} {89773}{89804}195 {89967}{90003}We're here, {90011}{90050} {90070}{90099}196 {90188}{90250}and we have to drive to there. {90411}{90442} {90479}{90572}197 {90832}{90879}We have to go in here. {90901}{90958} {90993}{91068}198 {91143}{91165}Here? {91179}{91212} {91248}{91276}199 {91370}{91387}In a grain store? {91393}{91438} {91443}{91471}200 {91654}{91725}I've certainly seen {91771}{91847} {91992}{92031}201 {92109}{92138}more stylish chicken farms. {92175}{92204} {92263}{92290}202 {92463}{92513}The usual place for {92543}{92588}these gatherings would be {92738}{92769} {92782}{92834}203 {92858}{92937}an elegant drawing room. {92941}{92983} {93119}{93145}204 {93270}{93324}A library {93328}{93375} {93379}{93454}205 {93500}{93539}filled with {93574}{93610}books on mathematics, {93716}{93774} {93791}{93822}206 {93981}{94022}a blackboard {94040}{94101}for doing calculations, {94275}{94348} {94359}{94387}207 {94540}{94610}a nice couch, armchairs, {94620}{94661} {94767}{94842}208 {94994}{95022}a tea table... {95027}{95090} {95097}{95139}209 {95272}{95346}So, {95372}{95409} {95418}{95499}210 {95588}{95633}anything missing? {95860}{95892} {95977}{96001}211 {96115}{96155}Well, {96171}{96215} {96220}{96270}212 {96401}{96450}at first sight, {96460}{96550} {96557}{96595}213 {96678}{96720}Mr. Fermat is missing. {96726}{96768} {96800}{96843}214 {96936}{96966}What time is it? {97060}{97094} {97123}{97153}215 {97417}{97453}21:50. {97475}{97509} {97518}{97539}216 {97607}{97640}Anyone know anything {97646}{97675}about our host? {97685}{97718} {97722}{97780}217 {99213}{99238}I only know {99243}{99287}that I know nothing. {99381}{99404} {99409}{99494}218 {99562}{99596}We can't know anything. {99629}{99662} {99678}{99726}219 {99820}{99846}I know something. {99887}{99914} {99925}{99951}220 {99989}{100022}I checked up and I discovered {100053}{100081}a few things about Fermat. {100085}{100150} {100154}{100178}221 {100334}{100364}Shall I tell you? {100375}{100456} {100461}{100517}222 {100589}{100645}That's against the rules. {100655}{100726}I'd rather not know. {100734}{100771} {100831}{100868}223 {100970}{101013}True, {101029}{101079} {101229}{101270}224 {101410}{101445}but now that one of us has got {101477}{101527}more information than the others, {101534}{101565} {101636}{101658}225 {101726}{101786}isn't it best to share it, {101794}{101820}so we're all on the same level? {101904}{101974} {102026}{102052}226 {102181}{102215}OK. {102219}{102281} {102301}{102368}227 {102504}{102536}A month ago, {103182}{103204} {103635}{103660}228 {103750}{103794}we had to send the solution {103798}{103831} {103860}{103890}229 {103976}{104055}to Fermat's P.O. Box. {104059}{104099} {104104}{104131}230 {104176}{104242}P.O. Box 325. {104246}{104274} {104278}{104304}231 {104342}{104439}Well, {104443}{104475} {104482}{104520}232 {104653}{104701}I looked for the name {104721}{104786}of the owner of 325. {104800}{104825} {104830}{104866}233 {104910}{104980}To discover Fermat's real name. {104996}{105033} {105038}{105084}234 {105134}{105199}The Post Office can't {105213}{105229}tell you that. It's confidential. {105241}{105273} {105314}{105391}235 {105447}{105500}It is, in theory. {105537}{105601} {105677}{105752}236 {105799}{105835}I went to the Post Office {105941}{106003}and said I was president {106007}{106062} {106068}{106143}237 {106216}{106246}of "Defend the Brown Bear". {106278}{106356} {106360}{106395}238 {106435}{106463}I said there were only 325 {106468}{106498}brown bears left in our mountains {106512}{106586} {106690}{106742}239 {107181}{107223}and we wanted that P.O. Box {107246}{107331}as a symbolic number. {107335}{107362} {107371}{107424}240 {107558}{107610}The employee said {108907}{108938}that the number had been taken. {108943}{109010} {109014}{109058}241 {109105}{109127}I insisted on how important {109296}{109342}the number was for us {109440}{109466} {109589}{109630}242 {109774}{109811}and how 325 brown bears {109830}{109885}would be very grateful. {109889}{109924} {109928}{110001}243 {110121}{110159}And he gave you the name {110189}{110225}of the P.O. Box owner? {110400}{110439} {110477}{110503}244 {110717}{110761}And a donation for the bears. {110855}{110938} {111134}{111182}245 {111323}{111377}Yes, he gave me Fermat's name. {111384}{111424} {111429}{111476}246 {111594}{111650}I looked on the Internet, {111693}{111743}and here's the good part. {111779}{111851} {111860}{111902}247 {112669}{112691}There isn't one file in his name. {112998}{113025} {113061}{113082}248 {113158}{113197}Nothing. {113201}{113254} {113491}{113521}249 {113572}{113595}Right. {113624}{113672} {113685}{113705}250 {113929}{113952}That's all? {114024}{114075} {114080}{114112}251 {114636}{114657}Congratulations, you've discovered {114665}{114692}that you've discovered nothing. {114835}{114883} {116756}{116782}252 {116988}{117016}At least, {117023}{117068} {117889}{117930}253 {118118}{118193}what is Fermat's name? {118207}{118289} {118311}{118397}254 {118570}{118620}Yes, {118634}{118659} {118697}{118785}255 {119101}{119136}it was {126992}{127030}