When Your Date's Academic Pedigree Blows Your Mind

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When Your Date's Academic Pedigree Blows Your Mind

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Finding out your date has an Erdős number of 3 or less is basically the mathematician's equivalent of discovering you're dating royalty. For the uninitiated, the Erdős number measures your collaborative distance from legendary mathematician Paul Erdős, who published more papers with more collaborators than anyone in history. The lower your number, the closer you are to mathematical greatness! A 3 or lower? That's like finding out your date casually hangs out with mathematical celebrities. No wonder our protagonist's brain is exploding with excitement - he just went from "nice date" to "I'm definitely putting this on my CV" territory.

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