Tag: Paul Erdős

Imaginary Erdős Number: What is that?

Students studying Mathematics at university will sooner or later hear of the famous eccentric Mathematician Paul Erdos, and the concept of Erdos Number. People who have written a paper with Erdos have a Erdos number of 1. People who have cowritten with the above people (with Erdos number 1), have Erdos number 2. Unfortunately, it is now impossible to get Erdos number 1, as Paul Erdos has passed away.

But what is an Imaginary Erdos Number?

This YouTube channel Numberphile has really succeeded in making Maths interesting! I watch almost every new episode that comes out, and will feature it on my website.

Featured Book:

MY BRAIN IS OPEN: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos

Paul Erdõs, one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century, and certainly the most eccentric, was internationally recognized as a prodigy by age seventeen. Hungarian-born Erdõs believed that the meaning of life was to prove and conjecture. His work in the United States and all over the world has earned him the titles of the century’s leading number theorist and the most prolific mathematician who ever lived. Erdõs’s important work has proved pivotal to the development of computer science, and his unique personality makes him an unforgettable character in the world of mathematics. Incapable of the smallest of household tasks and having no permanent home or job, he was sustained by the generosity of colleagues and by his own belief in the beauty of numbers.
Witty and filled with the sort of mathematical puzzles that intrigued Erdõs and continue to fascinate mathematicians today, My Brain Is Open is the story of this strange genius and a journey in his footsteps through the world of mathematics, where universal truths await discovery like hidden treasures and where brilliant proofs are poetry.

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The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos (Hardcover)

The secret to being good at Maths (or any other subject) is to like it and enjoy it. This would make working hard and practicing Maths easier and more efficient. 2 hours can easily fly past while doing Maths if one is interested in it.

This is a storybook (suitable for young kids) about “The Boy Who Loved Math”, a true story about the Mathematician Paul Erdos.

The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos

Most people think of mathematicians as solitary, working away in isolation. And, it’s true, many of them do. But Paul Erdos never followed the usual path. At the age of four, he could ask you when you were born and then calculate the number of seconds you had been alive in his head. But he didn’t learn to butter his own bread until he turned twenty. Instead, he traveled around the world, from one mathematician to the next, collaborating on an astonishing number of publications. With a simple, lyrical text and richly layered illustrations, this is a beautiful introduction to the world of math and a fascinating look at the unique character traits that made “Uncle Paul” a great man.