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100K mathematicians is a lot, but Wikipedia says there are 9267 people with Erdös number of 2, which is a huge mark of distinction: the median Erdös number in F
by thanatropism 9y ago
100K mathematicians is a lot, but Wikipedia says there are 9267 people with Erdös number of 2, which is a huge mark of distinction: the median Erdös number in Fields medal laureates is 3.
I say, start a program with the Erdös-2 people and as it develops let these hire Erdös-3 folks.
- currymj 9y agothis isn’t sustainable though, as people with smaller Erdös numbers will die out and larger ones will be too common. so we should probably allow the smaller Erdös numbers to be inherited through primogeniture, to make sure we still have an identifiable class of good mathematicians to give money to.