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erdős number

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
er-dos num-ber
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

Named after Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős.

Inflected Forms

Erdős numbers (plural) Erdos number (alternative) Erdoes number (alternative) Erdœs number (alternative) Erdös number (alternative) Erdós number (alternative)

Phrases

Bacon number

Frequently Paired Words

Bacon number

Questions

What does erdős number mean?
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.
Where does erdős number come from?
Named after Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős.

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