Terence tao paul erdos biography

Closeness of someone's association with mathematician Paul Erdős

The Erdős number (Hungarian:[ˈɛrdøːʃ]) describes the "collaborative distance" between mathematician Paul Erdős and another person, as measured by authorship of mathematical papers.

The same principle has been applied in other fields where a particular individual has collaborated with a large and broad number of peers.

Overview

See also: Paul Erdős

Paul Erdős (–) was an influential Hungarian mathematician who in the latter part of his life spent a great deal of time writing papers with a large number of colleagues—over —working on solutions to outstanding mathematical problems.^[1] He published more papers during his lifetime (at least 1,^[2]) than any other mathematician in history.^[1] (Leonhard Euler published more total pages of mathematics but fewer separate papers: about )^[3] Erdős spent most of his career with no permanent home or job.

He tra