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Posted by on 12/17/09 • Categorized as Improvement

Paul Erdos is famous in the world of mathematics. He spent his life travelling America, finding mathematicians to befriend and helping them with their work.

In order to honour his contributions, the “Erdos Number” was created. Anyone who collaborated with Erdos on a paper has an Erdos Number of 1, any of their collaborators have an Erdos Number of 2, and so on.

511 people can claim an Erdos Number of 1. 8,763 people have of 1 or 2. The numbers get bigger…

How many people can you claim to have influenced? On the first circle, on the second circle? Not just how many friends and friends of friends do you have, but how many of them have been influenced in a positive way by something you have said or done?

  • http://twitter.com/angusfinlayson Angus Finlayson

    That’s a very difficult question to answer! I think less in numbers and more in personal action. I would say it is nigh on impossible to add up how many people you have influenced and because of this I think it’s more important to ensure you are influencing people positively rather negatively. And to acheive this making sure you are as positive as you can be, in as many interactions with people as possible. :)

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