Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

My Erdős number is 4

Filed under: — Daniel Lemire @ 21:39

Fascinating. My Erdős number is 4. According to wikipedia, the median Erdős number amongst all working mathematicians at the turn of the millennium is 5 and the average is 4.64. In this case, being below average is good. Here is how it happened: Paul Erdös coauthored with Janos Galambos who coauthored with Eugene Seneta who coauthored with Serge Dubuc (my thesis cosupervisor).

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  1. You’ve got me beat. As time passes, we can expect these numbers to increase, and folks with 4 (or 5) will be considered real old-timers. :^)

    Comment by Mike Stiber — 2/11/2006 @ 15:09

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