On Apr 29, 2005, at 11:45 AM, Marta Edie asked:

> 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.

I wrote no paper under his guidance. My Erd?s number is 3 via a few 
different paths. For example, Fred Galvin (University of Kansas) 
co-authored a half dozen or so papers with Erd?s. Galvin has written 
papers with Krzysztof Ciesielski (West Virginia University), and I've 
collaborated with Ciesielski many times.

I did have several long conversations with Erd?s concerning problems on 
which I was working that were related to work he had done in the 1950s. 
I don't recall that any of his ideas and suggestions led anywhere, in 
those cases.
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