Erdös and his numbers
Mathematicians who co-authored a paper with Erdös received an Erdös number of 1, their co-authors who didn't co-author with Erdös got a number of 2 and so on.
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Mathematicians who co-authored a paper with Erdös received an Erdös number of 1, their co-authors who didn't co-author with Erdös got a number of 2 and so on.
Paul Erdös was a prolific mathematician who published over 1500 papers.
The Erdös numbers measure how mathematicians collaborate.
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Mathematicians who co-authored a paper with Erdös received an Erdös number of 1, their co-authors who didn't co-author with Erdös got a number of 2 and so on. Paul Erdös was a prolific mathematician who published over 1500 papers. The Erdös numbers measure how mathematicians collaborate.
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- The Erdös numbers measure how mathematicians collaborate.
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- Paul Erdös was a prolific mathematician who published over 1500 papers.
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Anna and Ben have Erdös numbers of 3 and 5, respectively. Charlie co-authored a paper with Anna and a paper with Ben.
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