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	Incidentally, there is generally reckoned to be only one copy of the papers, as they are protected by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation EURion] to prevent duplication.}}		Incidentally, there is generally reckoned to be only one copy of the papers, as they are protected by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation EURion] to prevent duplication.}}

−	{{#spoiler:show=Spoiler for BAD DAY IN MINSK\|In fact, Sergei removed the papers from the briefcase when he when he inserted the bomb. His intention ws to hand them back to the care of [[Isaac Vavasor]]. However, following the explosion, he ~~was~~ forced to lay low. During this time, the papers ~~were~~ stolen in a burglary - probably organised by [[The Petrov Family\|the Petrov mafia family]]. Sergei offers himself to the Petrovs as a consultant in the hope of stealing the papers back, but he is identified and killed. The papers then pass to their replacement consultant, [[Rory Milford]], and then accidentally end up unknowingly in the hands of Tom Winscombe. Tom then accidentally destroys them in a furnace at the Morozov family farm.}}	+	{{#spoiler:show=Spoiler for BAD DAY IN MINSK\|In fact, Sergei removed the papers from the briefcase when he when he inserted the bomb. His intention was to hand them back to the care of [[Isaac Vavasor]]. However, following the explosion, he is forced to lay low. During this time, the papers are stolen in a burglary - probably organised by [[The Petrov Family\|the Petrov mafia family]]. Sergei offers himself to the Petrovs as a consultant in the hope of stealing the papers back, but he is identified and killed. The papers then pass to their replacement consultant, [[Rory Milford]], and then accidentally end up unknowingly in the hands of Tom Winscombe. Tom then accidentally destroys them in a furnace at the Morozov family farm.}}

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	Incidentally, there is generally reckoned to be only one copy of the papers, as they are protected by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation EURion] to prevent duplication.}}		Incidentally, there is generally reckoned to be only one copy of the papers, as they are protected by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation EURion] to prevent duplication.}}
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		+	{{#spoiler:show=Spoiler for BAD DAY IN MINSK\|In fact, Sergei removed the papers from the briefcase when he when he inserted the bomb. His intention ws to hand them back to the care of [[Isaac Vavasor]]. However, following the explosion, he was forced to lay low. During this time, the papers were stolen in a burglary - probably organised by [[The Petrov Family\|the Petrov mafia family]]. Sergei offers himself to the Petrovs as a consultant in the hope of stealing the papers back, but he is identified and killed. The papers then pass to their replacement consultant, [[Rory Milford]], and then accidentally end up unknowingly in the hands of Tom Winscombe. Tom then accidentally destroys them in a furnace at the Morozov family farm.}}

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 The Marginalia (always with a capital M) are also of considerable interest as a clue to the brothers' psychological state at the time of their deaths, although once again these scribbles are open to many interpretations, as [[George Burgess]] found to his cost.
-{{#spoiler:show=Spoiler for THE TRUTH ABOUT ARCHIE AND PYE|At the start of ''[[The Truth About Archie and Pye]]'', the papers are locked safely away in George Burgess's case, which he leaves on the train when he gets off at Swindon, shortly before he is murdered by [[Rufus Fairbanks]]. Tom takes possession of the case, and after a long series of twists and turns he eventually manages to open it, with the help of [[Dorothy Chan]]. Not long after this, Dorothy is kidnapped by the [[The Gretzky Family|Gretzky gang]] and Tom is required to hand over the papers as ransom. But first he asks [[Arkady Morozov|Arkady]] to get his compatriot [[Sergei Kravchenko|Sergei]] to attach a tracking device. Instead, Sergei places a bomb inside the case as revenge for the Gretzkys' murder of his brother [[Maxim Kravchenko|Maxim]].
+{{#spoiler:show=Spoiler for THE TRUTH ABOUT ARCHIE AND PYE|At the start of ''[[The Truth About Archie and Pye]]'', the papers are locked safely away in George Burgess's case, which he leaves on the train when he gets off at Swindon, shortly before he is murdered by [[Rufus Fairbanks]]. Tom takes possession of the case, and after a long series of twists and turns he eventually manages to open it, with the help of [[Dorothy Chan]]. Not long after this, Dorothy is kidnapped by the [[The Gretzky Gang|Gretzky gang]] and Tom is required to hand over the papers as ransom. But first he asks [[Arkady Morozov|Arkady]] to get his compatriot [[Sergei Kravchenko|Sergei]] to attach a tracking device. Instead, Sergei places a bomb inside the case as revenge for the Gretzkys' murder of his brother [[Maxim Kravchenko|Maxim]].
 The present whereabouts of the papers are uncertain. It is possible that they were destroyed in the explosion that blew up the Gretzkys just as Dorothy was freed, but it is equally possible that Sergei retained them, either on behalf of [[Isaac Vavasor]] or for himself.
 Incidentally, there is generally reckoned to be only one copy of the papers, as they are protected by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation EURion] to prevent duplication.}}

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−	The '''Vavasor Papers''' are a collection of the writings of the [[Archimedes and Pythagoras Vavasor\|Vavasor twins]] on various aspects of mathematics. Since their deaths, a number of people have ~~attempted~~ to ~~interpret~~ the contents of the papers but have mostly been defeated by the rambling nature of much of the mathematical arguments and the brothers' appalling handwriting.	+	The '''Vavasor Papers''' are a collection of the writings of the [[Archimedes and Pythagoras Vavasor\|Vavasor twins]] on various aspects of mathematics. Since their deaths, a number of people have been permitted to view the contents of the papers but their attempts at interpretation have mostly been defeated by the rambling nature of much of the mathematical arguments and the brothers' appalling handwriting.

	There isn't even any real consensus as to which problems the Vavasors were working on at the time of their death, although there is a rumour that they were about to announce a proof of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis Riemann hypothesis]. This has developed its own mythology in which the proof was so complex it could only be formulated by a pair of identical twins. There is a more extreme corollary to this, which was that this proof could only be ''understood'' by pairs of identical twins. This has led to several candidates including the Russian [[The Korsakov Twins\|Korsakov twins]], the Austrian [[The Dolmetsches\|Dolmetsches]] and two of the Indian [[The Kumar Triplets\|Kumar triplets]] being given privileged access to the Vavasor papers, although this all came to an end following the notorious Glühwein incident.		There isn't even any real consensus as to which problems the Vavasors were working on at the time of their death, although there is a rumour that they were about to announce a proof of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis Riemann hypothesis]. This has developed its own mythology in which the proof was so complex it could only be formulated by a pair of identical twins. There is a more extreme corollary to this, which was that this proof could only be ''understood'' by pairs of identical twins. This has led to several candidates including the Russian [[The Korsakov Twins\|Korsakov twins]], the Austrian [[The Dolmetsches\|Dolmetsches]] and two of the Indian [[The Kumar Triplets\|Kumar triplets]] being given privileged access to the Vavasor papers, although this all came to an end following the notorious Glühwein incident.

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 The '''Vavasor Papers''' are a collection of the writings of the [[Archimedes and Pythagoras Vavasor|Vavasor twins]] on various aspects of mathematics. Since their deaths, a number of people have attempted to interpret the contents of the papers but have mostly been defeated by the rambling nature of much of the mathematical arguments and the brothers' appalling handwriting.
-There isn't even any real consensus as to which problems the Vavasors were working on at the time of their death, although there is a rumour that they were about to announce a proof of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis Riemann hypothesis]. This has developed its own mythology in which the proof was so complex it could only be formulated by a pair of identical twins. There is a more extreme corollary to this, which was that this proof could only be understood by pairs of identical twins. This has led to several candidates  including the Russian [[The Korsakov Twins|Korsakov twins]], the Austrian [[The Dolmetsches|Dolmetsches]] and two of the Indian [[The Kumar Triplets|Kumar triplets]] being given privileged access to the Vavasor papers, although this all came to an end following the notorious Glühwein incident.
+There isn't even any real consensus as to which problems the Vavasors were working on at the time of their death, although there is a rumour that they were about to announce a proof of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis Riemann hypothesis]. This has developed its own mythology in which the proof was so complex it could only be formulated by a pair of identical twins. There is a more extreme corollary to this, which was that this proof could only be ''understood'' by pairs of identical twins. This has led to several candidates  including the Russian [[The Korsakov Twins|Korsakov twins]], the Austrian [[The Dolmetsches|Dolmetsches]] and two of the Indian [[The Kumar Triplets|Kumar triplets]] being given privileged access to the Vavasor papers, although this all came to an end following the notorious Glühwein incident.
 The Marginalia (always with a capital M) are also of considerable interest as a clue to the brothers' psychological state at the time of their deaths, although once again these scribbles are open to many interpretations, as [[George Burgess]] found to his cost.

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	{{#spoiler:show=Spoiler for THE TRUTH ABOUT ARCHIE AND PYE\|At the start of ''[[The Truth About Archie and Pye]]'', the papers are locked safely away in George Burgess's case, which he leaves on the train when he gets off at Swindon, shortly before he is murdered by [[Rufus Fairbanks]]. Tom takes possession of the case, and after a long series of twists and turns he eventually manages to open it, with the help of [[Dorothy Chan]]. Not long after this, Dorothy is kidnapped by the [[The Gretzky Family\|Gretzky gang]] and Tom is required to hand over the papers as ransom. But first he asks [[Arkady Morozov\|Arkady]] to get his compatriot [[Sergei Kravchenko\|Sergei]] to attach a tracking device. Instead, Sergei places a bomb inside the case as revenge for the Gretzkys' murder of his brother [[Maxim Kravchenko\|Maxim]].		{{#spoiler:show=Spoiler for THE TRUTH ABOUT ARCHIE AND PYE\|At the start of ''[[The Truth About Archie and Pye]]'', the papers are locked safely away in George Burgess's case, which he leaves on the train when he gets off at Swindon, shortly before he is murdered by [[Rufus Fairbanks]]. Tom takes possession of the case, and after a long series of twists and turns he eventually manages to open it, with the help of [[Dorothy Chan]]. Not long after this, Dorothy is kidnapped by the [[The Gretzky Family\|Gretzky gang]] and Tom is required to hand over the papers as ransom. But first he asks [[Arkady Morozov\|Arkady]] to get his compatriot [[Sergei Kravchenko\|Sergei]] to attach a tracking device. Instead, Sergei places a bomb inside the case as revenge for the Gretzkys' murder of his brother [[Maxim Kravchenko\|Maxim]].

−	The present whereabouts of the papers are uncertain. It is possible that they were destroyed in the explosion that blew up the Gretzkys just as Dorothy was freed, but it is equally possible that Sergei retained them, either on behalf of [[Isaac Vavasor]] or for himself.}}	+	The present whereabouts of the papers are uncertain. It is possible that they were destroyed in the explosion that blew up the Gretzkys just as Dorothy was freed, but it is equally possible that Sergei retained them, either on behalf of [[Isaac Vavasor]] or for himself.
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		+	Incidentally, there is generally reckoned to be only one copy of the papers, as they are protected by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation EURion] to prevent duplication.}}

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	The Marginalia (always with a capital M) are also of considerable interest as a clue to the brothers' psychological state at the time of their deaths, although once again these scribbles are open to many interpretations, as [[George Burgess]] found to his cost.		The Marginalia (always with a capital M) are also of considerable interest as a clue to the brothers' psychological state at the time of their deaths, although once again these scribbles are open to many interpretations, as [[George Burgess]] found to his cost.
		+
		+	{{#spoiler:show=Spoiler for THE TRUTH ABOUT ARCHIE AND PYE\|At the start of ''[[The Truth About Archie and Pye]]'', the papers are locked safely away in George Burgess's case, which he leaves on the train when he gets off at Swindon, shortly before he is murdered by [[Rufus Fairbanks]]. Tom takes possession of the case, and after a long series of twists and turns he eventually manages to open it, with the help of [[Dorothy Chan]]. Not long after this, Dorothy is kidnapped by the [[The Gretzky Family\|Gretzky gang]] and Tom is required to hand over the papers as ransom. But first he asks [[Arkady Morozov\|Arkady]] to get his compatriot [[Sergei Kravchenko\|Sergei]] to attach a tracking device. Instead, Sergei places a bomb inside the case as revenge for the Gretzkys' murder of his brother [[Maxim Kravchenko\|Maxim]].
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		+	The present whereabouts of the papers are uncertain. It is possible that they were destroyed in the explosion that blew up the Gretzkys just as Dorothy was freed, but it is equally possible that Sergei retained them, either on behalf of [[Isaac Vavasor]] or for himself.}}

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-'''The Vavasor Papers''' are a collection of the writings of the [[Archimedes and Pythagoras Vavasor|Vavasor twins]] on various aspects of mathematics. Since their deaths, a [[Category:Characters_who_have_seen_the_Vavasor_Papers|number of people]] have attempted to interpret the contents of the papers but have mostly been defeated by the rambling nature of much of the mathematical arguments and the brothers' appalling handwriting.
+'''The Vavasor Papers''' are a collection of the writings of the [[Archimedes and Pythagoras Vavasor|Vavasor twins]] on various aspects of mathematics. Since their deaths, a number of people have attempted to interpret the contents of the papers but have mostly been defeated by the rambling nature of much of the mathematical arguments and the brothers' appalling handwriting.
 There isn't even any real consensus as to which problems the Vavasors were working on at the time of their death, although there is a rumour that they were about to announce a proof of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis Riemann hypothesis]. This has developed its own mythology in which the proof was so complex it could only be formulated by a pair of identical twins. There is a more extreme corollary to this, which was that this proof could only be understood by pairs of identical twins. This has led to several candidates  including the Russian [[The Korsakov Twins|Korsakov twins]], the Austrian [[The Dolmetsches|Dolmetsches]] and two of the Indian [[The Kumar Triplets|Kumar triplets]] being given privileged access to the Vavasor papers, although this came to an end following the notorious Glühwein incident.
 The Marginalia (always with a capital M) are also of considerable interest as a clue to the brothers' psychological state at the time of their deaths, although once again these scribbles are open to many interpretations, as [[George Burgess]] found to his cost.