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J. Goldstone, substituting for Bertschinger in 8.05, 23 Sep. 91
edzimmer@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (edzimmer@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Nov 4 02:48:25 1991
"Just for fun, let's calculate something silly. Let's calculate one squared."
Prof. Goldstone then proceeds to cover several blackboards with huge integrals
and bizarre symbols, finally reaching his answer, 1 * 1 = 1. Then:
On to the next topic.....
"This is an unnecessarily complicated way of doing this. But I'll do it anyway."
I've never seen a more frightened bunch of undergrads.