Economics
Six Degrees of Quant: Kevin Bacon and the Erdos Number Mystery
- An ‘inside joke’ that shows mathematicians have sense of humor
- Unlike in finance, in Erdos-Land a low number is desirable
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It’s inside baseball for finance’s brainiest brainiacs: the Erdos Number.
The Erdos here is Paul Erdos, one of the most prolific mathematicians of the 20th century. Never heard of him? Then you clearly don’t have an Erdos Number.