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madiator on Sept 30, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Graham's Number

For a moment I had thought this is like Erdos number or Bacon number, but now with PG at the center. Your number is one if you have worked with him etc.

chrishepner on Oct 1, 2012 [–]

Ron Graham was a close friend of Erdős, so if you were to co-author a paper with him, you would have a Erdos number of 2. ;)

ColinWright on Oct 1, 2012 | [–]

I have, and I do.

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