>>My Udhay number is probably 2 would any one on silk have a Erdos number of 2 (or 1) by any chance?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s_number In order to be assigned an Erdős number, an author must co-write a mathematical paper with an author with a finite Erdős number. Paul Erdős is the one person having an Erdős number of zero. If the lowest Erdős number of a coauthor is *k*, then the author's Erdős number is *k* + 1. Erdős wrote around 1,500 mathematical articles in his lifetime, mostly co-written. He had 511 direct collaborators[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s_number#cite_note-0>; these are the people with Erdős number 1. The people who have collaborated with them (but not with Erdős himself) have an Erdős number of 2 (8,162 people as of 2007), those who have collaborated with people who have an Erdős number of 2 (but not with Erdős or anyone with an Erdős number of 1) have an Erdős number of 3, and so forth. A person with no such coauthorship chain connecting to Erdős has no Erdős number (or an undefined<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defined_and_undefined>one). On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 12:30:21PM +0530, Sumant Srivathsan wrote: > > > Interesting question. I never have, though we've had some interesting > > conversations. I wonder how many on this list actually *have* met Udhay. > > My Udhay number is probably 2. > > P.S. Meatspace is much overrated. > > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
