On Apr 29, 2005, at 12:38 PM, Bill Holt respectfully inquired: > Erdos number of 3! Do you allow people to kiss your ring? :)
Of course! It's only right and proper. Actually 3 isn't a great accomplishment. Erd?s had more than 504 co-authors during his life. (Those are the people with Erd?s number 1.) There are at least 6,593 people with Erd?s number 2 and at least 33,605 with Erd?s number 3. The groups with Erd?s numbers 2 and 3 are still growing. This is according to the Erdos Number Project [1] as of last July. [1] <http://www.oakland.edu/enp/trivia.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>
