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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a standard containment cell at Site-06-3, with temperature and relative humidity held constant at 1°C and 10%, respectively. Personnel entering the containment cell are to wear Level 1 biohazard suits. Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 are to be collected and delivered to the SCP-XXXX head researcher. The supply of paper and pencils in SCP-XXXX's cell is to be monitored daily.

Description: SCP-XXXX is the corpse of German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss. The legs and eyes of SCP-XXXX have completely decomposed, but its body is otherwise intact. SCP-XXXX is animate, yet it does not exhibit respiration, metabolism, or any other physiological process typical of living tissue. Although SCP-XXXX inclines its head at the entry of personnel into its containment cell, it has not vocalized or attempted any other interaction.

SCP-XXXX generates instances of non-anomalous mathematical calculation and proof (henceforth designated SCP-XXXX-1). If paper and writing utensils are not present, SCP-XXXX will use its digits to incise SCP-XXXX-1 instances into the nearest available surface.

SCP-XXXX, prior to anomalous reanimation

Discovery: Documents obtained from the German Bureau of the Unnatural assert that sounds within Albanifriedhof cemetery during the year 1908 were traced to the interment site of Carl Friedrich Gauss. Upon exhumation, the calculation of a Fourier series¹ was found incised into the coffin containing SCP-XXXX. It was taken into containment by the Bureau; custody was transferred to the Obskuracorps in 1933. Following the Seventh Occult War, the Foundation established the current containment procedures for SCP-XXXX.

Addendum - Protocol Ghostwriter: A list of significant SCP-XXXX-1 instances is given below.

Instance	Date	Subject Matter
031	7/9/1949	Proof of uniqueness of Fourier series.
141	6/3/1960	Proof of existence of multiple transfinite cardinal numbers2.
272	11/11/1973	Fundamental concepts of general topology.
314	2/10/1978	Definition of a manifold3.
397	4/12/1982	Proof that spheres and tori are distinct 2-manifolds.
442	8/5/1990	Calculations of curvature for various 3-manifolds.

Foundation mathematicians estimate that SCP-XXXX may complete a proof of the Poincaré conjecture⁴ by the year 2005. As SCP-XXXX-1 instances are non-anomalous and of potential benefit to humanity, Head Researcher Ricci has proposed the dissemination of SCP-XXXX-1 results via Foundation-embedded agents in academia, who are to publish the findings as part of their personal research programs.

Addendum - Ethics Committee Hearing RE: Protocol Ghostwriter:

Date: 9/3/2000
Grievant: Head Researcher Giuseppe Ricci
Respondent: Agent William Hamilton

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Grievant's Statement: Committee members, the mathematical work produced by SCP-XXXX is of value to the world beyond the Foundation. To that end, Protocol Ghostwriter was established to integrate SCP-XXXX-1 instances with scholarship at large. This protocol came before my Site Director, before the Ethics Committee, and before the O5 Council. All parties approved its implementation. However, Agent Hamilton has chosen to defy Foundation protocol. Furthermore, he has conspired with other academically-embedded agents to obstruct this program, impeding the potential progress of us all. Therefore, I request that Agent Hamilton face disciplinary action for his insubordination.

Respondent's Statement: Committee members, allow me to say first that I agree with Dr. Ricci; the mathematics produced by SCP-XXXX should be released to the world. However, publishing these results under my name, or under the name of any of my colleagues, is disingenuous. This is not our research; it belongs to SCP-XXXX. Prior to field assignment, I worked in SCP-XXXX's containment cell. It perceives us, and its work shows thought. SCP-XXXX is sapient. Taking credit for its mathematics is plagiarism — anathema to everything we believe as scholars.

My colleagues and I have developed a counter-proposal to Protocol Ghostwriter. We can compile instances of SCP-XXXX-1 into a 'lost notebook,' which can be introduced to the world via a Special Task Force. In life, Carl Friedrich Gauss was known to conceal work; he knew of non-Euclidean geometry years before the rest of the world. A collection of topological proofs is similarly plausible. This accomplishes the same goal as Protocol Ghostwriter while also giving proper credit to the source of this research. We thank you for your consideration.

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Verdict: After deliberation, the Committee deems Agent Hamilton's actions justifiable, and no disciplinary action will be taken. However, the necessary resources of Agent Hamilton's proposal (namely, the appropriation of historically-accurate materials and the creation of a Special Task Force) are excessive for their benefit. Accordingly, Protocol Ghostwriter will continue as established.

Following the Ethics Committee's decision, Agent Hamilton requested reassignment and amnestization. The request was granted.

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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

The control apparatus of SCP-XXXX (photo taken between acquisition and
containment)

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be stored in a standard containment locker at Site-15. Personnel are not to use SCP-XXXX for recreational purposes. To prevent incidental contact, the control apparatus of SCP-XXXX is to be covered by secure acrylic casing when not in use for testing. Devices with SCP-4072 installed are to be scanned to ensure no additional instances of SCP-XXXX have been generated.

D-class personnel who have demonstrated proficiency with SCP-XXXX are exempt from monthly screening procedures. Testing of SCP-XXXX is under the supervision of Head Researcher Dr. Goida Alvel suspended, pending the assigment of a head researcher by the Site Director.

Description: SCP-XXXX is an arcade cabinet for the 1992 video game Street Fighter II': Hyper Fighting. It differs from standard factory models in its lack of an electrical plug, although it functions in the absence of an external power supply. SCP-XXXX may be played without inserting coins or tokens into the machine. X-ray and other imaging methods are unable to penetrate the exterior of SCP-XXXX, and two manual attempts at opening its housing resulted in casualties from electrocution.

A human subject who loses at SCP-XXXX may immediately disappear at the conclusion of a game. Thereafter, a digitized avatar of the subject appears in the background of the stage on which defeat occurred. Dr. Alvel has conjectured SCP-XXXX absorbs subjects through an as-yet unidentified mechanism, and these subjects serve as its power source. Not all defeated subjects disappear; research continues into the precise conditions required to trigger a disappearance.

Test Log:

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Test A - 7/29/2011
Subjects: D-27183, D-31416
Procedure: D-27183 plays as Ryu; D-31416 plays as Ken.
Result: D-27183 is victorious; D-31416 disappears upon defeat.

Test B - 7/29/2011
Subjects: D-27183, D-60221
Procedure: D-27183 plays as Ryu; D-60221 plays as Sagat.
Result: D-27183 is victorious; D-60221 does not disappear after defeat.

Test C - 7/29/2011
Subjects: D-27183, D-60221
Procedure: D-27183 plays as Ryu; D-60221 plays as Guile.
Result: D-60221 is victorious; D-27183 disappears upon defeat.

Footnotes

1. Analytical tools used to model heat flow, vibration analysis, acoustics, and optics.

2. Colloquially, 'orders of infinity.'

3. A topological structure which behaves locally like n-dimensional Euclidean space.

4. All simply connected, closed 3-manifolds are topologically equivalent to the 3-sphere.