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Timothy Gowers has an Erdos number of 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdos_number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdos_number http://www.nationmaster.com/encyc

• RiderOfGiraffes 18y ago
  I didn't believe you, but I've been and checked. Even though he was supervised by Bollobas (Erdos Number 1) he appears never to have co-authored with him, an unusual situation. So it seems that my Erdos Number is smaller than his - perhaps I should offer to co-author a paper with him. I'd get the kudos of co-authoring with a Fields Medal winner ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_Medal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_Medal ) and he'd lower his Erdos Number to 3.
• logjam 18y ago
  Interesting....my Erdos number is 4 too, but I'm in a different field. There are long math tentacles into the world. Thanks to Gowers et al for this fabulous book!