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But if you guys don't want to take

that chance just to keep me out of jail...

...fine, I understand, don't do it.

Well, Bish, I can't speak for the other guys,

but I'm in it for the money.

- I don't care if you go to jail.

- Me neither. I'm in.

Could we maybe just go back

to the "they might kill us" part?

If I thought that was likely, I wouldn't

bring this to you. But there is a risk.

It pays $175,000!

I'm in.

You guys'll be chalk outlines without me.

All right, what do we need?

We start with a very light surveillance.

Level three. First sign of baby-sitters,

we back off.

He's giving a lecture tomorrow at U.C.

I'm gonna be there and check him out.

Okay? Any questions?

Let's do it.

For the lecture, you want

to take Whistler or do you want me?

No, that's okay, I thought I'd ask Liz.

Who's this?

Sort of an old friend.

Practice! Practice, practice!

- Hi.

- We're not getting back together.

- Did I say anything?

- You will.

I'm here on business, Liz.

Bishop, you don't have a business,

you have a club. It's a boy's club.

You have a clubhouse,

you probably have a secret handshake.

Liz, I need your help.

I will not be dragged back into your world.

I have a new group of gifted children,

and I like the fact they're under 30.

Excuse me.

There's a mathematician named

Gunter Janek. You know him?

I've read him. Now go away.

- He's giving a master lecture at 3:30...

- How nice for him.

- I thought I'd buy you dinner after.

- I am not going out with you.

This isn't a date, dummy.

This is a scientific exploration, a tutorial.

I need you...

...to explain it to me.

Read a book.

They found me, Liz.

The government found me.

They offered me a deal.

If I take their offer...

...they clear my record,

and I can get my name back.

You and I are not getting back together.

Don't flatter yourself.

Pick me up at 3:
00.

Yes!

While the number-field sieve

is the best method currently known...

...there exists an intriguing possibility

for a far more elegant approach.

This guy's good.

...over the rationals, and hence

contained in a single cyclotomic field.

Using the Artin map,

we might induce homomorphisms...

You seeing anybody?

This isn't just about large-number theory.

It's about cryptography.

You mean codes?

I mean unbreakable codes.

It would be a breakthrough

of Gaussian proportions...

...and allow us to acquire...

...the solution in a dramatically

more efficient manner.

Are you seeing...

Such an approach is purely theoretical.

So far, no one has been able...

...to accomplish such constructions...

...yet.

The numbers are so unbelievably big...

...all the computers in the world

could not break them down.

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