<prompt> Ngo-1924, eminyakeni emine ngaphambi kokuba u-van der Laan anikeze igama lezinombolo, unjiniyela waseFrance uGérard Cordonnier wayesevele etholile inombolo futhi wayibiza ngokuthi inombolo ekhazimulayo isiFulentshi: le nombre radiant. Ngokungafani namagama wesilinganiso segolide nesilinganiso esiliva, igama elithi plastic lalingakahloswa ngu-van der Laan ukubhekisa entweni ethile, kodwa kunalokho ngomqondo walo wesimela, okusho okuthile okunganikezwa ubukhulu obuthathu. Lokhu, ngokusho kukaRichard Knovan, kungenxa yokuthi isilinganiso se-Pad, 34 no-17, sihlobene nemingcele yokubona komuntu ngobukhulu obuthile bomzimba.  <response>: UDom Hans van der Laan 