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[f4f3]

Just had a very enjoyable time finding out about Erdos numbers on wikipedia. Back to work, I guess.

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[munchkinstein.livejournal.com]

See I knew I had heard of Erdos. But when asked at seven this morning I just could not place him.
Two hours later though he suddenly popped into my mind. Which is not something you want dead mathematicians to do rightly.

[(Anonymous)]

I love his suggestion for his own epitaph: I have finally stopped getting dumber.

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

I Gauss that's a good thing to be thinking about. Euler prove of anything to do with mathematics, really.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

I've no Cantor to that pun.

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

Fourier sins.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

I'll russell something up.

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

I hope it's in a suitable Fermat.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

It will Boole you over.

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

Maybe not. I'm Hardy-er than you'd think.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

A Littlewood in your spine, eh?

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

And a Godel around my waist.

[made-of-paradox.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling badly for you right now, in that you didn't know about Erdos numbers when you were 17....

Then again, you wouldn't have had the pleasant time today with Wikipedia.

I guess it works out either way.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Here's looking at Euclid.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Maths passed out of my life at around 17, when I accepted my place for Law and turned down the offer of Physics and Astronomy. But we still wave (or particle) at each other from time to time.

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

I'm not even going to try and top that. I concede, with delight.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty pleased with that one myself.