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	Proof (play) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Proof is a play by David Auburn which won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play.
		The play concerns Catherine, the daughter of Robert, a recently-deceased mathematical genius and professor at the University of Chicago, and her struggle with mathematical genius and mental illness.
		Proof played in the Williamstown Theatre Festival 2001 in Williamstown, Massachusetts (home to Williams College) starring Gwyneth Paltrow who would later reprise her role in the film version.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Proof_(play) (209 words)

	Mathematical proof
		The philosophy of mathematics is concerned with the role of language and logic in proofs, and mathematics as a language.
		Proof by contradiction (also known as reductio ad absurdum): where it is shown that if some statement were true, a logical contradiction occurs, hence the statement must be false.
		A probabilistic proof should mean a proof in which an example is shown to exist by methods of probability theory - not an argument that a theorem is 'probably' true.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Mathematical_proof (734 words)

	Proof - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		alcoholic proof, a measure of how much ethanol is in an alcoholic beverage.
		proof coinage, a coin made as an example of a particular strike.
		Proof (rapper), a rapper and member of the group D12.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Proof (219 words)

	Proof : A Play (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		I read the play in about 3 hours, since it was a short play it was very fast to read, but the excitement of the book wanted me not to stop reading at all.
		Proof is the second one I've encountered since starting again, and if the quality of these two is anything to go by, I've obviously been missing out on quite a bit in the quarter-century I haven't been keeping up.
		Proof is the story of a guy, a girl, and a mathematical equation.
	www.httrader.com /Proof_Play-0571199976.html (1209 words)

	Proof (2005): Reviews
		Proof is the compelling story of an enigmatic young woman haunted by her father's past and the shadow of her own future, exploring the links between genius and madness, the tender relationships between fathers and daughters and the nature of truth and family.
		Proof is proof that you can drain most of the juice out of a play and still have an enjoyable night at the movies.
		To play for an audience of one that is only a few feet away is different in concentration and shade from playing in the theater, and Madden, though the script lags a bit, has nonetheless helped his actors to render what were once theater scenes as film sequences.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/proof (1420 words)

	Kansas State Collegian: Where's the Proof? 09/24/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The heredity of insanity, trust among family members and mathematical evidence are the issues at the heart of the play, "Proof," being performed by KSU Theatre in Nichols Hall until Oct. 4.
		A.J. Bradley, senior in technical theater, and Joe Clark, senior in theater, playing Catherine and Hal, look over a proof that was discovered after her father's death in the play, "Proof," put on by KSU Theatre.
		While "Proof" might be about math, Anderson said there is not a lot of math discussed and a mathematical proficiency is not needed to enjoy the play.
	www.kstatecollegian.com:16080 /stories/092403/art_proof.shtml (785 words)

	The University of Chicago Magazine: December 2000, Features
		Proof is a heartbreaking drama hiding behind a thin gauze of mathematical theory.
		The centerpiece of the play is Catherine's denial that she inherited her father's brilliance and her fear that she will be overcome by the mental illness that he began to exhibit in his twenties.
		This emotional involvement of the mathematician with his work fed into the characters of Catherine and her father in Proof, giving the audience a sense of the fine line between madness and genius, showing that obsessive math is not done by geeks, but by passionate people who feel as much as they think.
	magazine.uchicago.edu /0012/features/proof.html (2144 words)

	Osserman Interviews David Auburn, author of Proof
		Proof is a play about a young woman who had taken care of her mathematician-father for several years prior to his death that came after a long bout with mental illness.
		There are a few claims made in the play that one might question — the level of drug use among mathematicians, for example, obviously something suggested by one of the Erdos biographies.
		In both plays there is a very clever young woman who has remarkable insights into mathematics and is "mentored," in a way, by a slightly older man who is well-trained in mathematics but much less original in his thinking.
	www.maa.org /features/proof.html (1402 words)

	South Coast Repertory Playgoers Guide - 'Proof'
		Although three of the four characters in Proof are mathematicians and the plot concerns the authorship of a scientific document, the play did not begin there.
		Proof will be the most produced contemporary play this year (29 productions are planned throughout the US, nine in Canada and more are planned around the globe).
		He is currently working on a new play, a screenplay and a libretto for an opera.
	www.scr.org /season/02-03season/studyguides/proof/broadway.html (1005 words)

	Proof: An Admirable Approximation of Mathematical Culture
		Proof is about the tension between the intensely creative but emotionally limited world of mathematics and the world of ordinary human relationships.
		The title of the play refers both to the proof of an important theorem in number theory, found in Robert's desk, and to the "proof" of its authorship.
		The play is by no means a perfect portrait of the world of mathematics, but it's not a bad approximation and it's worth seeing.
	www.siam.org /siamnews/01-02/proof.htm (1036 words)

	Encyclopedia: Proof (play)
		A play is a common form of literature, usually consisting chiefly of dialog between characters, and usually intended for performance rather than reading.
		Proof played in the Williamstown Theatre Festival 2001 in Williamstown, Massachusetts (home to Williams College) starring Gwyneth Paltrow who will reprise her role in the film version.
		Proof is a 2005 movie starring Anthony Hopkins, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jake Gyllenhaal.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Proof-(play) (483 words)

	Missoulian: No easy answers in `Proof'
		Tortured by the memories of watching her father (played by Howard Kingston) lose his mind as she cared for him during his last years, and armed with the knowledge that she shares his gift, she lives with the horror that her mind and her reality will too come undone.
		The proof of this prime-number theory is buried in a notebook, one of hundreds that Robert filled up with his thoughts as his mind seemingly deteriorated at the end of his life.
		One criticism consistently leveled at the play, in fact, is that its plot is somewhat sugar-coated, a postmodern soap opera.
	www.missoulian.com /articles/2005/10/22/entertainer/ent02.txt (1206 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Proof - Play Is 'Proof' Positive
		Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
		They speak of their respective mathematical proofs as "beautiful and elegant" or "lumpy and stitched-together," so for anyone who scored way under 600 in math on their SATs, it is possible to fantasize that Auburn's characters are really talking about songwriting or something equally mundane, like clothes design.
		When Bryggman's Robert is introduced as a ghost of incredible charm in the play's first scene, it is with deepest regret that we lose him until he punctuates that stunner at the end of the first act.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117915860?categoryid=33&cs=1 (1077 words)

	Proof - David Auburn
		"The play wants to contrast the inductive, tightly logical proofs possible in mathematics with the indeterminacy of attempts to prove things in the real world where leaps of faith may be necessary.
		"Proof is David Auburn's first major production; and if it is not exactly the brilliant debut that some have been claiming, it certainly represents the work of a writer with a fairly decent grasp on his not terribly fanciful material.
		The puzzle of who came up with the proof isn't the most intriguing of issues, nor is how easily Hal and Claire can (or could) write off Catherine as a nutcase (or how easily she could write herself off).
	www.complete-review.com /reviews/usplays/auburnd1.htm (1451 words)

	London theatre tickets play Proof - American Imports Season on stage in London's West End Donmar Warehouse Theatre
		At the heart of the play is Catherine's struggle to determine how much of her father's genius or madness she will inherit and whom, if anyone, she can trust with the answer.
		David Auburn's play distils complex issues and emotions with the crystalline clarity of a perfect mathematical equation.
		Paltrow plays Catherine with rare grace, powerfully capturing her character's fear and depression without wallowing in it, while also suggesting a lovely underlying sweetness of nature.
	www.albemarle-london.com /proof.html (905 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Proof: A Play (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Proof's deft dialog, its careful structure, and the humanity of the central characters are themselves proof of a major new talent in the American theater.
		Whatever Proof is, there is no denying that it is a startling, shotgunning drama that is worthy of vast readership.
		But the setting of the play is so very static, and its language so toned down, that it takes a very talented and entertaining group of actors to pull it off.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0571199976 (1021 words)

	Clarion University News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Because of adult language, the play is not recommended for young children.
		I read “Proof” three years ago and knew this was one of the ones I wanted to bring to life.
		All of the play’s characters, Robert, the father, his two daughters, Catherine and Claire, and his protégé, Hal, are mathematicians.
	news.clarion.edu /News/10473.html (855 words)

	Terre Haute, Indiana News :: TribStar.com :: Sites & Sounds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		"Proof" centers on the daughter of a recently deceased mathematics professor at the University of Chicago and her struggle with mathematical genius and mental illness.
		Upon his death, a paradigm-shifting proof is found in the professor's office.
		Wright has been striving to direct and bring "Proof" to the local stage for several years and jumped at her first opportunity to direct a play for the Rose-Hulman Drama Club.
	www.tribstar.com /articles/2004/01/09/community/com01.txt (681 words)

	Harvard Gazette: Hay directs Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Proof'
		Professor of Law Bruce Hay will direct a cast of four in the play that tells the story of a young woman who drops out of school to care for her father, a once-brilliant mathematician who succumbed to schizophrenia in later life.
		After her father's death, an extraordinary mathematical proof is discovered in his study.
		The young woman claims it is her work, but is disbelieved by friends and family, and she has no way of "proving" the proof is hers.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2004/11.04/13-hlsplay.html (343 words)

	Drama in Numbers: Science News Online, Dec. 21, 2002
		Auburn's play "Proof," first produced in 2000, centers on the younger daughter of a brilliant mathematician.
		In "Proof," Catherine's spiritual mentor is the 19th-century mathematician Sophie Germain, who sent her own highly original mathematical results to Carl Friedrich Gauss under a man's name because women then had no credibility in mathematics.
		Like "Proof," the play "Arcadia" features a very clever young woman who has remarkable mathematical insights yet faces the skepticism of well-trained scholars who are less original in their thinking.
	www.sciencenews.org /20021221/bob8.asp (2217 words)

	MRB: Proof : A Play
		Proof well written - The play Proof by David Auburn was very well written, it was a cliff hanger that you can't put down.
		Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by David Auburn, "Proof" follows a devoted daughter (Paltrow) who comes to terms with the death of her father (Hopkins) a brilliant mathematician whose genius...
		The proof in Auburn's play is less about mathematics than it is about putting trust to...
	www.medical-research-books.com /mrb-books-reviewed/0571199976.html (1696 words)

	Proof (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		"Proof", the excellent play by David Auburn, was one of the best things in the New York stage in recent memory.
		The result, directed by John Madden, opens the play in cinematic terms, no small undertaking in presenting the movie to a wider audience who might not be interested in science, and much less in the advanced math that plays an important role in the proceedings.
		We are kept involved in what is going on because we have been won by Catherine, the wounded woman trying to live her life without having to tend to a sick man.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0377107 (783 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Nova - The Proof at Epinions.com
		The play was a fictional account of the discovery of a proof to what can only be inferred is the infamous Fermat’s Last Theorem.
		While the play played with the idea of mathematics and mathematicians, it mostly concentrated on the ideas of trust and family.
		Auburn’s play uses the same excitement for math that this Nova special uncovers, using it to serve as a backdrop for his characters to play in.
	www.epinions.com /content_22415707780 (775 words)

	MathFiction: Proof (David Auburn (playwright))
		The proof Catherine writes (?) is obviously taken from the commentary of the experts on the episode of Nova called ``The Proof'' that focuses on Andrew Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
		The play is light on mathematics (which in and of itself is not a problem), but unfortunately there is also very little investment in the interpersonal relationships, largely constrained by the split nature of the setting.
		The play is quite melodramatic and is driven almost entirely by plot and in-your-face character attributes; and it generally lacks subtleties.
	math.cofc.edu /faculty/kasman/MATHFICT/mfview.php?callnumber=mf139 (1448 words)

	Triadstage - Proof (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Proof is equal parts mystery, coming of age tale and modern romance.
		The cast is Robert J. Canzano as Hal, Elizabeth Kapplow as Catherine, Martin Rader as Robert, and Kim Stauffer as Claire.
		Regionally she has been seen in Proof in the role of Claire (Cape Fear Regional Theatre) and in To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (New Theatre, Miami, Florida).
	www.triadstage.org /newsproof.cfm (1247 words)

	Online NewsHour: Pulitzer Prize Winner -- April 20, 2001
		So the play is about a weekend in other life where she is trying to sort that out and she is trying to deal with her sister, who's flown in from New York and she has some plan's for Katherine's life.
		Since there is a mystery as to who wrote the mathematical proof, I sort of had to withdraw information when I could so that I didn't give away the solution to the mystery but I did try to get in as much kind of lore about the mathematical profession as I could.
		We even had some come in to meet and talk with the cast and talk to them, so that was really the fun part of doing the play, getting as much of the kind of world of mathematics into the play as possible and putting it up on stage.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/media/jan-june01/auburn_04-20.html (1292 words)

	Presumption and Burden of Proof issues play a unique role in argumentation studies
		And so being able to shift the burden of proof or change presumption is a power that seems to be qualitatively different from the power of ordinary argumentative techniques.
		It can be presumed, failing proof to the contrary, that the attitude previously adopted--the opinion expressed, the behavior preferred--will continue in the future…According to Paulhan, the strange thing about our condition is that it is 'easy to find reasons for strange acts, but difficult to find them for ordinary acts.
		In the concluding Genoa lecture, on "Justice and Reason," Perelman connects this question to the question of whether or not there is such a thing as a philosopher's mission--that is, whether it is possible to reason convincingly in a way that goes beyond simply reaffirming presumptions.
	www.trentu.ca /ossa/p12.htm (5261 words)

	Proof Tour - press realease (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		PROOF is the story of Catherine, an enigmatic young woman, who faces the challenges of a genius father, her manipulative sister, an unexpected suitor and a mysterious mathematical proof only to realize that love is the most complex equation of all.
		PROOF opened on May 23, 2000 to wide critical acclaim, and played a sold-out, extended run Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club's Stage I. PROOF opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre on October 24, 2000, and went on to become the most honored play of the season, receiving:
		PROOF is produced by Manhattan Theatre Club - Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director and Barry Grove, Executive Producer; Roger Berlind; Carole Shorenstein Hays; Jujamcyn Theaters; Ostar Enterprises; Daryl Roth; and Stuart Thompson.
	www.mtc-nyc.org /news/release-proof_tour.htm (708 words)

	Proof (play) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Proof (play) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		It concerns the daughter of a recently-deceased professor of (A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement) mathematics at the (A university in Chicago, Illinois) University of Chicago and her struggle with mathematical genius and mental illness.
		The daughter had cared for her father through a lengthy mental illness; upon his death, a paradigm-shifting (A formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it) proof was found in his office.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pr/proof_(play).htm (138 words)

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