Erdős Number
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An Erdős Number is a co-authorship distance between an author and Paul Erdős.
- AKA: Erdos Distance.
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- Example(s):
- for Paul Erdős is 0.
- for Pavol Hell is 1.
- for Rajeev Motwani is 2.
- for Jiawei Han is 3.
- for Gabor Melli is 4.
- See: Co-authorship, Co-citation.
References
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdős_number Retrieved:2020-9-29.
- The Erdős number 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.