April 20, 2004

Decreasing your Erdos number for fun and profit

For the record, Paul Erdos's Fisher number is 4.

Paul Erdos ->

  1. Ernst Specker ->
  2. Karl Lieberherr ->
  3. Paul Dourish ->
  4. Danyel Fisher

(according to Paul's chart). And the number isn't likely to drop too fast from here.

If you want an Erdos number of your own (like, say, 5) you can enter an eBay auction bidding for a collaboration with Bill Tozier which would give you such a number.

Update Apparently, one co-member of a six-person poster is also a 3, reinforcing my "4" status. I'm guessing it was Kris , but I don't know, since she didn't sign her message. Nor did she include her lineage...

April 20, 2004 02:40 PM | TrackBack | in Social Networks
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