I was just looking up my Erdős number, and it occurs to me that there are a lot of brainy types on Hatrack. Does anyone else have an Erdős number?
Mine is 6, which I'm quite proud of.
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
On a totally unrelated note, I just discovered I have a Morphy number of 6, which is better than I would have thought. Posted by scholarette (Member # 11540) on :
I am pretty confident I have an Erdos number, but I am way too lazy to figure it out. Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
I might liberally be given an Erdos number of 4, as I was advised on several music theory papers by a mathematician with a number of 3. That's putting it very loosely- he was never my formal advisor. More like we had coffee together and he gave me pointers.
On a more impressive note, as a composer I have a Stravinsky number of 3, and as a guitarist, a Segovia number of 2. These days, there few people with higher numbers than that. The interesting thing about the Segovia number is that basically, I am aware that when my teacher gave me advice, he was surely sometimes imparting the exact words of his own (and that teacher's) teacher. That person being Andres Segovia, among other people.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
Ha! Well, my Bacon number is 1.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
My Bacon number is 0. I invented Kevin Bacon.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
As far as I am aware, I have no numbers. :-(
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
My Erdős number is 4 (Jones-Mitter-Zeitouni-Diaconis-Erdős).
I've also been looking at my Academic Genealogy. One line currently stops at Purdue in the 60s, but my other line goes back to Germany and then Italy in the 1400s. That line includes Norbert Wiener, Immanuel Kant, Gottfried Liebniz, and Copernicus.
Posted by natural_mystic (Member # 11760) on :
Assuming my adviser co-authored a paper with his adviser, I have an Erdos number of 6.
Posted by Destineer (Member # 821) on :
Nice, guys! I knew someone would have me beat.
quote:Ha! Well, my Bacon number is 1.
What movie?
Posted by Jeff C. (Member # 12496) on :
I have no numbers. Does that mean I'm a 0?
sadface.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
Since someone brought up Morphy numbers, as far as wins are concerned, my Kasparov number is 3 and I think my Morphy number is 5 (assuming simuls count).
No publications in science or math.
Edit: Nevermind, my Morphy number is 4. I forgot that I beat Bisguier during an online simul.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
"Curiously, the most connected person in acting is not Kevin Bacon. Research by people who found it important enough to do so discovered that the centre of the Hollywood universe is actually Christopher Lee."
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: "Curiously, the most connected person in acting is not Kevin Bacon. Research by people who found it important enough to do so discovered that the centre of the Hollywood universe is actually Christopher Lee."
But what's his Bacon number?
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
According to the Oracle of Bacon, Christopher Lee has a Bacon number of 2, but using "try another link" I got about a dozen different connections with that number before I stopped trying.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
If high school musicals counted, my Bacon number would be 4:
I was in Fiddler on the roof with: Scott Buckwald (I) was in Sensations (1987) with Gary Warner (I) was in Godzilla (1998) with Glenn Morshower was in The River Wild (1994) with Kevin Bacon
If personal relations counted, my mother was Kevin Bacon's first cousin's roomate at Oakwood School (Boarding prep school)
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
If personal relationships counted, one of my missionary companions was an extra in Footloose, giving me a Bacon number of 2.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
I have an Erdos number of 5.
I remember discussing this when the XKCD comic first appeared.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:On a more impressive note, as a composer I have a Stravinsky number of 3, and as a guitarist, a Segovia number of 2. These days, there few people with higher numbers than that. [Big Grin]
Perhaps you meant lower rather than higher. I suspect that the number of people with infinite Stravinsky and Segovia numbers is more than just a few.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
Would it be infinite or undefined? I always confuse the two.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Originally posted by JonHecht: Would it be infinite or undefined? I always confuse the two.
That's a matter of contention. I've seen it defined both ways.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Either works.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
quote:Originally posted by Destineer: What movie?
picture perfect, a dumb romcom I can't even show my friends
I've had it threatened since that I'm starting to look more and more like kevin bacon, that my destiny is to become the Sam of that movie
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The interesting thing about the Segovia number is that basically, I am aware that when my teacher gave me advice, he was surely sometimes imparting the exact words of his own (and that teacher's) teacher. That person being Andres Segovia, among other people.