Aha, now I know. Geez, I always thought someone at the UofL had used this for Erde ( world) with a Greek ending. there were so many German speaking Profs and some quite odd ones at the UofL faculty before the state took over, ( anybody remember Dr. Schlesinger with his fiim festival ? He was the one wearing not matching socks and who did not drive but asked anybody who came by at Shipp St. to give him a ride home) And then Bruderius with his huge fur coat who lived somewhere up in Bullit County, and some more at Speed and in the Math.Dept. They were real Unikums. I thought Erdos meant the new globe encompassing technology. - Well, poor Mr. Erd?s had quite a colorful and sad life floating hither and thither between Europe and the US. I would have loved to hear him speak. Had taught himself English through books, -- not hearing the language. A most intriguing personalty, -Lee- what was it that fascinated you with him and what paper did you write under his guidance? So interesting - the google references are as prolific as was the man. Marta On Apr 29, 2005, at 11:19, Lee Larson wrote:
> On Apr 28, 2005, at 11:07 PM, Bill Holt asked: > >> Is the "erdos" part of the list address associated with the famous >> Hungarian (?) mathematician or some sort of computerish acronym, or >> something else? > > The "erdos" in the name of the server is indeed in reference to the > late Paul Erdos. He visited Louisville quite a few times, and worked > with several people on the faculty. > > A previous posting referred to the Erdos number of mathematicians. > This is documented by The Erdos Number Project [1]. People who wrote a > research paper with Erdos have an Erdos number of 1. (There are at > least two on the present UofL faculty with Erdos number of 1.) Those > who have written a paper with someone having Erdos number 1 are two > hops away from Erdos, and have an Erdos number of 2, and so forth. > Since Erdos was so prolific, a huge number of people are listed at > levels 1 and 2. By the time you get to an Erdos number of 3, there are > too many people to count. (My Erdos number is 3, for example.) > > > [1] <http://www.oakland.edu/enp/index.html> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
