David Sklansky: What is your Erdos Number?

[Borodog]

Just curious.

[garion888]

Get it right...the right way to word it is...

"I wonder what Paul Erdos' Sklansky number is?"

[arahant]

Has he published anything? Can't find him on MathSciNet.

[Metric]

If the Erdos number were defined for physicists, mine would be 4. (not to imply that anyone should care, of course)

[Borodog]

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If the Erdos number were defined for physicists, mine would be 4. (not to imply that anyone should care, of course)

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Care to share the pubs?

[benjdm]

For anyone ignorant like me:

Erdos number (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s_number)

[ALawPoker]

I think Kevin Bacon needs to write a mathematical article. No one will ever be bored again.

[Borodog]

I am not myself a mathematician. I found out about the Erdos number by checking the home page of an old girlfriend (so sue me) who is now a mathematics professor. She has an Erdos number of 3.

[Metric]

I think I'd rather keep my anonymity on this forum. It's obviously not important -- just a byproduct of studying with a mathematician at one point. But it's still kind of a fun fact.

[Borodog]

No prob.

[Borodog]

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I am not myself a mathematician. I found out about the Erdos number by checking the home page of an old girlfriend (so sue me) who is now a mathematics professor. She has an Erdos number of 3.

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Hmm. I wonder if this means that I have an Erdos Number of 4 since we, uh, "collaborated."

[ALawPoker]

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I am not myself a mathematician. I found out about the Erdos number by checking the home page of an old girlfriend (so sue me) who is now a mathematics professor. She has an Erdos number of 3.

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Hmm. I wonder if this means that I have an Erdos Number of 4 since we, uh, "collaborated."

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Then I guess that makes me a very soar 5. Thanks again, Boro. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Matt R.]

that deserves an lol

[Borodog]

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I am not myself a mathematician. I found out about the Erdos number by checking the home page of an old girlfriend (so sue me) who is now a mathematics professor. She has an Erdos number of 3.

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Hmm. I wonder if this means that I have an Erdos Number of 4 since we, uh, "collaborated."

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Then I guess that makes me a very soar 5. Thanks again, Boro. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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Glad to be of service.

[Enrique]

My Erdos number is 4.
And yes, it applies to physics too, and if you collaboarated with someone who is a 4, that makes you a 5 (assuming you don't have another path to a smaller number).