Gryphon Mail @ SLC Mail - Inbox (2,989) - ktodaro. “The Great American Road Trip (‘Opportunities Unlimited’)” « THESE AMERICANS | T.A. Advent 19 - Canyons. Thisisdavidwilson. Erdős–Bacon number. A person's Erdős–Bacon number is the sum of one's Erdős number—which measures the "collaborative distance" in authoring mathematical papers between that person and Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős—and one's Bacon number—which represents the number of links, through roles in films, by which the individual is separated from American actor Kevin Bacon.[1][2] The lower the number, the closer a person is to Erdős and Bacon, which reflects a small world phenomenon in academia and entertainment.[3] In general, to have a defined Erdős–Bacon number, it is a necessary (but not a sufficient) condition for one to have both appeared in a film and co-authored an academic paper.
It is not sufficient because it may still be impossible to reach Erdős through one's academic coauthors or Bacon through one's film co-appearances. Scientists[edit] Electrical and computer engineering professor Robert J. Actors[edit] US actress Natalie Portman has an Erdős–Bacon number of 7. Others[edit] Table[edit] Notes:
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