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Erdős numbers

Erdős numbers is the plural of Erdős number.

Meaning of Erdős number

Noun

Erdős number (plural Erdős numbers)

  1. A number describing the degree of collaboration between a mathematician and Paul Erdős, defined such that a mathematician who has written a paper with Erdős has an Erdős number of 1, a mathematician who has written a paper with somebody having an Erdős number of 1 has an Erdős number of two, and so on.

Questions about Erdős numbers

What is Erdős numbers the plural of?
Erdős numbers is the plural of Erdős number.

Words near Erdős numbers in the dictionary

  1. Erdut
  2. erdvark
  3. erdvarks
  4. Erdős
  5. Erdős number
  6. Erdős numbers
  7. ere
  8. ereader
  9. ereaders
  10. ereba
  11. erebid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Erdős numbers (page history and authors); Erdős number (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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