a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)
|Child's Play (1986) ||Isaac Asimov |
(click on names to see more mathematical fiction
by the same author)
"William E. Emba"|
Young Griswold uses something he just learned
in elementary school math class to solve a minor stumper. (Be
warned: the problem has a minor bug. Change "mix" to "nix".)
Published in the January 1986 issue of Ellery Queen Magazine.
(See also 1 to 999 and Ten, two other Griswold stories. Each of these "stories" is really more of a puzzle whose solution is found through some non-mathematical aspects of mathematical notation. A third Griswold story, Getting the Combination is noticeably more mathematical.)
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