Day 19 · Jan 19

Birthday of Paul Erdős (1913)

The most prolific mathematician in history with over 1,500 papers. Erdős had no permanent home, traveling the world collaborating with hundreds of mathematicians, living out of a single suitcase. He offered cash prizes for problems he couldn't solve — some remain unclaimed decades after his death in 1996. He called children 'epsilons,' God 'the Supreme Fascist,' and mathematical proofs from the divine book 'Book proofs' — straight from God's collection of perfect arguments.

If you co-authored a paper with someone who co-authored with Erdős, what is your Erdős number?

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