Mathematicians seek social gratification:
Because of Paul Erdos prolific output, friends created the Erdos number as a humorous tribute; Erdos alone was assigned the Erdos number of 0 (for being himself), while his immediate collaborators could claim an Erdos number of 1, their collaborators have Erdos number at most 2, and so on. Some have estimated that 90% of the world’s active mathematicians have an Erdos number smaller than 8.
Who in your industry is it valuable to be connected to?
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