The official textbook derivation was a three-page tensor nightmare. The solution manual did it in four elegant lines. A cancellation here, a symmetry argument there. It was like watching a master safe-cracker spin the dial. She felt the lock in her own mind click open. She copied the steps into her notebook, her hand flying.
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Anya laughed. A tired, cracked laugh. It was a prank. A grad student’s ASCII art. She scrolled down. The official textbook derivation was a three-page tensor