At 2am Katherine is out on the patio. Her father comes out,and presents her with a bottle of Champagne.
“Happy Birthday… can’t sleep?”
“Thanks dad! No I can’t”
“The best thing to do at such times is mathematical proofs”
“Why don’t we do it together like old times?”
“I could but…”
“What?”
“I’m dead…..”
The above 55 fiction is based on David Auburn’s brilliant play “Proof“. I had the good fortune of seeing this on stage on Friday and strongly recommend the book of the same name.
The play follows a somewhat non-linear time line chronicling the life and death of a brilliant mathematician, Robert and his somewhat brilliant daughter Katherine; some of the man’s brilliance did rub off onto his daughter, you see!
Robert dies of an undisclosed mental illness and the story starts of on the eve of his funeral. Although considered a stark-raving mad man in the last months of his life, it is little known to many people except Katherine and his favorite graduate student Harold that Robert was in fact working on a mathematical proof that would revolutionize the field forever.
You really don’t have to know what a prime number is, even, to watch this play or read the book for it is a roller coaster ride through emotions while laced with shades of dark humor!
This 55 fiction format story is written by Sir Pumpkin Longshanks.
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Ok now thats a diffèrent take. Impressive! I like it. 90% cos its gud n 10% out of loyalty 2 a gc panel member
Where is my comment? I wrote a comment here in morning.
I like it, 100 % because it is Good.
:-/ you wrote a comment in the morning ? I could not see any
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i’ve seen the movie ‘proof’ gwyneth paltrow has done a gud job in it. nd yeah gud story as well
Yes, I’d like to watch the movie as well…
Hey I have seen the movie too. Ya, Gwyneth Paltrow was fantastic in the movie. Good 55F attempted based on the movie. :evilgrin: Am i sounding like a teacher?
No, the 55fic was based on the play by David Auburn. The movie is based off of the play as well. The play is based on well… the script to the play…