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"Few rounds.... I am damn good mathematician!2 999 999 999 999 999 999 + 11 999 999 999 999 999 999 = 14 999 999 999 999 999 998."

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"I went to Princeton from Amherst, where I split my interests between mathematics and philosophy."

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