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He had many tricks in limited area. All his his tricks were limited to classical calculus and nineteenth-century mathematics. He didn't do anything fancy.

His style was always the same, he just mastered it really well.

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That is the actual trick. To master one trick so well that you can spot anywhere its hiding. Unfortunately, this takes a long time, which is why most mathematicians can only do it for a couple of tricks in their lifetime

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