It was not, it seems, his great mathematical abilities, for despite his career as a mathematician he was always short of the topmost level when it came to mathematical research.
Ito ay hindi, ito tila, ang kanyang mga dakilang matematiko kakayahan, sa kabila ng kanyang karera bilang isang dalub-agbilang siya ay laging kapos sa ang pinakamataas na antas kapag ito ang dumating sa matematika research.