To liven up a lecture he would run a race with his professor by seeing if he could discover the proof of an announced theorem before the lecturer had finished his presentation.
Upang sumaya up ng isang panayam siya ay tatakbo ng isang lahi sa kanyang propesor sa pamamagitan ng makita kung siya ay matuklasan ang patunay ng isang inihayag teorama bago ang lektor had tapos na ang kanyang pagtatanghal.