English Explanatory Dictionary

Erdős number

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A number describing the degree of collaboration between a mathematician and Paul Erdős, defined such that a mathematician who has written a paper with Erdős has an Erdős number of 1, a mathematician who has written a paper with somebody having an Erdős number of 1 has an Erdős number of two, and so on.

Word forms

Erdős number Erdős numbers Erdos number Erdoes number Erdœs number Erdös number Erdós number

Etymology

Named after Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős.

Related words

Bacon number
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