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Erdos number

Erdos number is the alternative form 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.

Forms of Erdos number

pluralErdos numbers

Questions about Erdos number

What is Erdos number the alternative form of?
Erdos number is the alternative form of Erdős number.

Words near Erdos number in the dictionary

  1. Erdmanns
  2. Erdmans
  3. Erdnase
  4. Erdogan
  5. Erdos
  6. Erdos number
  7. Erdos numbers
  8. Erdoses
  9. erdosteine
  10. Erdoğan
  11. Erdoğanism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Erdos number (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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