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		cschmidt on Sept 13, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google's "Bacon number" search Actually there is an automated Erdos number search here: http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/collaborationDistance.html using the MathSciNet reference database. Unfortuately, it is only accessible to MathSciNet subscribers, so basically on all university campuses or libraries. My Erdos number is no higher than 5 :-).

evincarofautumn on Sept 13, 2012 [–]

Hm. My old professor has an Erdős number of 3. I should see about authoring a paper with him…

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