tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post6371530363441902246..comments2023-12-21T06:35:36.624-05:00Comments on Recursivity: Paul Erdős Would Have Been 100Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-10057945554520065262013-04-15T02:31:09.988-04:002013-04-15T02:31:09.988-04:00Obligatory relevant xkcd: http://xkcd.com/599/.Obligatory relevant xkcd: <a href="http://xkcd.com/599/" rel="nofollow">http://xkcd.com/599/</a>.Gordon Davissonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12435453658654474069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-30900264715233639902013-03-27T12:05:23.468-04:002013-03-27T12:05:23.468-04:00What are folks' Erdos numbers? Stunningly, min...What are folks' Erdos numbers? Stunningly, mine is 4 and the path goes through Jeffrey. <br /><br />~~ Paul<br />Paul C. Anagnostopoulosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-87723502866533107692013-03-27T08:34:00.856-04:002013-03-27T08:34:00.856-04:00I remember writing a mathNEWS artcile about him sh...I remember writing a mathNEWS artcile about him shortly after he passed away. <br /><br />http://www.mathnews.uwaterloo.ca/Issues/mn7204/Erdos.html<br /><br />The article doesn't do justice to how fascinating his appeared to be.Michael J. Swarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05408240220683534698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-42716135488949599772013-03-26T18:56:59.435-04:002013-03-26T18:56:59.435-04:00But you forget that he (Erdos) was two billion yea...But you forget that he (Erdos) was two billion years old.<br /><br />For those not familiar with the story, Erdos used to say: when I was young, the earth was 2 billion years old; now it is 4 billion years old; ergo I must be 2 billion years old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com