"Das Problem, das wir als Aufgabe erhielten, ließ sich ganz einfach lösen, wenn man es nicht in kartesischen, sondern in sphärischen Koordinaten fasste. Aber ich war der einzige Kandidat in ganz Frankreich, der das damals gesehen hat."
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