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The Mathematical Nomad, Paul Erdős
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- inflatableDodo 7y agoGiven his temperament and amphetamine habit, I have long thought of him as mathematics' wierd convoluted relation of Hunter S. Thompson.
- marttt 7y agoThere is an IMO outstandingly illustrated children's book about Erdős, "The Boy Who Loved Math" by Deborah Heiligman and LeUyen Pham [1]. Really witty, but also moving. I think it depicts really well why it makes sense to accept "strange people". [1]: https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Loved-Math-Improbable/dp/1596433078 https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Loved-Math-Improbable/dp/1596... (I suggest Looking Inside the book as well!)
- agiri 7y agoThat's great!
- throw0101a 7y agoAlso, for adults: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Loved_Only_Numbers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Loved_Only_Numbers Anecdote from the book: he called cats "fascists". Asked why, he replied: "Have you ever considered things from the mouse's perspective?".
- gkamsky 7y agoInteresting
- wso 7y ago"A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems"
- psvidler 7y agoThe Man Who Loved Only Numbers - and meth
- ColanR 7y agoTypo in the last section. > He was attending a conference when he had a heard attack
- ex3xu 7y agoI love the tomato juice story from The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: > Graham was not the only one who had to put up with Erdös's kitchen antics. "Once I spent a few days with Paul," said Janos Path, a fellow Hungarian emigre. "When I entered the kitchen in the evening, I was met with a horrible sight. The floor was covered by pools of blood-like red liquid. The trail led to the refrigerator. I opened the door, and to my great surprise saw a carton of tomato juice on its side with a gaping hole. Paul must have felt thirsty and, after some reflection, decided to get the juice out of the carton by stabbing it with a big knife." http://movies2.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hoffman-man.html http://movies2.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hoffman-man.html
- dbmueller 7y agoIs that János Pach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Pach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Pach ?
- ex3xu 7y agoYes you are correct, and Pach is noted as one of the most frequent collaborators with Paul Erdos. My apologies, I no longer have the option to edit my post to correct the spelling.
- amelius 7y agoMost people know him from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s_number
- FabHK 7y agoThere is a wonderful book called Proofs from THE BOOK, highly recommended if you like maths. Can't say it better than Wikipedia: > Proofs from THE BOOK is a book of mathematical proofs by Martin Aigner and Günter M. Ziegler. The book is dedicated to the mathematician Paul Erdős, who often referred to "The Book" in which God keeps the most elegant proof of each mathematical theorem. During a lecture in 1985, Erdős said, "You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in The Book." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proofs_from_THE_BOOK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proofs_from_THE_BOOK
- bitlax 7y agoIn the early 90s, George Csicsery made a film about Erdős called "N is a Number" which is worth watching. You can find information on that video, along with a few lectures by Erdős and a film about his 100th birthday at zalafilms.com. I enjoy watching Csicsery's works. For example, his film "Hard Problems" shows a respect for the IMO competition and its participants that I feel the similar BBC documentary "Beautiful Young Minds" does not.
- FabHK 7y ago> Erdős himself has Erdős number 1. People who co-authored a paper with Erdős have Erdős number 2. People who co-authored a paper with someone of Erdős number 2 have Erdős number 3 and so on. No, the Erdős number is the "distance" to Erdős, so he himself has Erdős number 0, his collaborators have 1, etc.
- bitlax 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Bacon_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Bacon_numbe...
- kmarc 7y agoOff: Hungarian here. It's quite easy for us to hold a low Erdős number (mine is 4 I think), but interestingly the majority of Hungarians have no idea who he was and why hos work was significant. That's a pity.