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A former professor of mine grew up with Paul Erdös frequently living at her house. Her father is a prominent graph theorist and has 50 papers with Paul Erdös.
by jedbrown 16y ago
A former professor of mine grew up with Paul Erdös frequently living at her house. Her father is a prominent graph theorist and has 50 papers with Paul Erdös. Ordinarily she would have Erdös number 2 through several papers with her dad, but has been granted an honorary 1.5 because she also washed his clothes.
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoInterestingly, there are three people who have co-authored 50 or more papers with Erdos. The most prolific is not a graph theorist, the next is also not thought of as a graph theorist. The third is listed as having published exactly 50 papers with Erdos, and is a graph theorist. More, there is a female math professor with the same surname, also in combinatorics and graph theory. Now I can guess where you did your university work. Fun game to play ...
- jedbrown 16y agoExcellent detective work Watson, but there are more direct ways.