Shizou Kakutani's Geometry Set | |
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Origin |
Shizou Kakutani |
Type |
Geometry Set |
Effects |
Barricades subjects inside a measured confinement |
Downsides |
Will relinquish people of their current thoughts |
Activation |
Measuring around something |
Collected by |
Warehouse 13 |
Section |
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Aisle |
751644-8245 |
Shelf |
323817-9066-718 |
Date of Collection |
August 20, 2017 |
[Source] |
Origin[]
Shizou Kakutani desperately wanted to be a mathematician, even though his performance was not the most spectacular. Shizou barely got past admissions in Tohoku University and began studying analytic functions. His research impressed Hermann Weyl enough to invite Shizou to work with him at Princeton. There, he formulated the Kakutani fixed-point theorem, allowing researchers to find a fixed point in the space of a function. This technique would later be used by John Nash on his work with game theory and economics.
When America entered World War Two, Shizou decided to return home and look after his family. His ship sailed across the Atlantic, under constant worry of being torpedoed. He would keep doing formulas to allay his stress, stick the papers in a bottle and toss them overboard. Each piece asked to return the parcel to Princeton, but none have ever been recovered.
Effects[]
Measuring around a person or object will make them into a fixed point, unable to leave from their enclosure. Drawing around an accurate representation such as a map will also have the same effect, preventing anything from entering or exiting. Subjects' thoughts are immediately written down on the pad and ripped away, completely forgotten unless reunited with the person.