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Erdős number en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős.

Meanings

  1. A number describing the degree of collaboration between a mathematician and Paul Erdős, defined such that a mathematician who has written a paper with Erdős has an Erdős number of 1, a mathematician who has written a paper with somebody having an Erdős number of 1 has an Erdős number of two, and so on.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Erdős numbers Number=Plur lexicographic
Erdós number alternative lexicographic
Erdœs number alternative lexicographic
Erdös number alternative lexicographic
Erdoes number alternative lexicographic
Erdos number alternative lexicographic

Relateds

Bacon number

Translations (6)

sv Erdőstal (mathematics) · de Erdős-Zahl (mathematics) · ru число́ Э́рдёша (mathematics) · pt número de Erdös (mathematics) · hu Erdős-szám (mathematics) · ro număr Erdős (mathematics)