Erdős number
Closeness of someone's association with mathematician Paul Erdős / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Erdős number (Hungarian: [ˈɛrdøːʃ]) describes the "collaborative distance" between mathematician Paul Erdős and another person, as measured by authorship of mathematical papers. The same principle has been applied in other fields where a particular individual has collaborated with a large and broad number of peers.