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Name: Proof
Period: Contemporary
Rating: Suitable for all ages
Copyright Status: Copyrighted
Men: 2
Women: 2
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Author
Name: David Auburn
Eras: CONTEMPORARY, 1951-2000
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Character
Name: Catherine
Gender: Female
Age Range: 20s - Early
Dialects: Standard American
Ethnicities: Caucasian Summary
Hal-an ex-student of Catherine's late father who was a brilliant mathematician with a receding mind, has found a very important proof that would revolutionize the world of mathematics in Catherine's father's study. Catherine says that she wrote the proof herself, but Hal and her sister Claire did not believe she could have. However Hal took the proof to some professors at the University, and tells Catherine that he believes her. However Catherine, who invested herself emotionally in Hal, is deeply hurt.
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Catherine's father, a brilliant-gone-mad mathematician, just died. She is talking to Hal, a student of her father's, who is determined on thumbing through all of his former professor's journals for something, anything that could help prosper the math community.
