History of Erdos number

	Revision 5 . . October 16, 2001 2:18 am by Lee Daniel Crocker
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*The Erdös number of mathematician M is defined to be the minimum of the Erdös numbers of all the mathematicians that M coauthored a mathematical paper with.

*The Erdös number of mathematician M is defined to be the minimum of the Erdös numbers of all the mathematicians that M coauthored a mathematical paper with, plus one.

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The Erdos number honours the late Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdos who was one of the most prolific publishers of papers in mathematical history; he authored around 1500 papers in his lifetime, mostly co-authored with other persons. He had about 500 collaborators, these are the people with Erdös number 1.

The Erdos number honours the late Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdös who was one of the most prolific publishers of papers in mathematical history. He authored around 1500 papers in his lifetime, mostly co-authored with other persons. He had about 500 collaborators, these are the people with Erdös number 1.