Re: Last mathematician?

[Maurice Barnhill <mvb@UDEL.EDU>]

Hmm, I hadn't tried to find the title since I doubt it was the story in
question.  However, now that the question is raised, I went through my
books.  The title is "The Feeling of Power," and it was first published
in "If" magazine, February 1958.  I found it in a compilation called
"Nine Tomorrows."

The incident I like most is when the technician who invented
multiplication says

"      'Now seven times three is twenty-one.'
"      'And how do you know that,' asked the Congressman.
"      'I just remember it. It's always twenty-one on the computer. I've
checked it any number of times.'
"      'That doesn't mean it always will be, though, does it?" said the
congressman."

Donald E. Simanek wrote:
> Can't remember the title, but it's one of Asimov's earlier stories, just
> as you describe. Part of the story (at least) is in his anthology titled
> "Opus 100". I recently gave the book away, along with many others, so I
> can't readily check it for the title.
>
>         -- Donald
>
> .....................................................................
> Dr. Donald E. Simanek
> dsimanek@eagle.lhup.edu                 http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek
> .....................................................................

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Maurice Barnhill (mvb@udel.edu)
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716