A grad student is asked to solve a math puzzle by his professor in order to win his daughter’s hand in marriage.
Stories for 'Isaac Asimov'
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A story about decoding a short string of numbers, which is the combination to open a safe. -
A tax auditor at the IRS, who is a devoted family man, narrates to a group of gentlemen one of his solved cases, in which a mathematician with no family adopts a false identity as a computer serviceman and goes on to reprogram a main computer, ultimately receiving huge tax returns while paying no taxes. -
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A story where a recurring character from "Black Widower" mysteries,Tom Trumbull,seeks to persuade an unconventional mathematician—who is simultaneously tackling Goldbach's conjecture—that his secret password lacks security and that combinations are crucial for creating a robust password. -
A small mystery about guessing a telephone number from two simple clues. -
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