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Erdős–Bacon number

posted 3 years ago by PaladinNJ (21510)
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Does anyone still play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? The Bacon Number is the lowest count to reach him. Well apparently mathematicians play a similar game with the late Paul Erdős, who published over 1500 papers in his lifetime. They've combined the two games to form a common connection. Thanks to Danica McKellar it opened up wide because she has connections to both sides.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

I'd think so. I think her name is on a paper or two, so that's probably big. I think Matt Stone, one of the South Park creators, has a math degree too, but I don't think he published any papers so maybe not that helpful.