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There are not very many people with defined Erdős–Bacon numbers [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Bacon_number https://en.wikipedia.org
by rjsw 6y ago
There are not very many people with defined Erdős–Bacon numbers [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Bacon_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Bacon_numbe...
- framecowbird 6y ago> To have a defined Erdős–Bacon number, it is necessary to have both appeared in a film and co-authored an academic paper, although this in and of itself is not sufficient. This surprised me. I guess you could star in a tiny indie film completely closed off from the Bacon graph...
- dmurray 6y agoProbably easier to co-author a paper with another novice author.
- read_if_gay_ 6y agoI imagine there would be one massive connected component and a large number of really tiny ones.
- gvurrdon 6y agoApparently there are sufficient (even I have one - 7 IIRC) that an even more exclusive club as been formed: https://rosschurchley.com/blog/who-else-has-an-erdos-bacon-sabbath-number/ https://rosschurchley.com/blog/who-else-has-an-erdos-bacon-s...