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      \textsc{Diss.\ ETH No.\ XXXXXXX}
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      \emph{A thesis submitted to attain the degree of}\\
      \textsc{Doctor of Sciences of ETH Zürich}\\
      (Dr.\,sc.\ ETH Zürich)
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        \emph{presented by}\\
        \textbf{Hermann Minkowski}\\
        \emph{born on} 22.06.1864\\[1.5em]
        \emph{citizen of}\\
        Germany
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        \emph{accepted on the recommendation of}\\
        Prof.\,Dr.~Ferdinand von Lindemann
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    {\large 1885}
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