Talk:N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős

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Re: the Bacon number of 3

Latest comment: 12 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

With respect to this text:

It is occasionally cited as giving a Bacon number of 3 to Erdős, the mathematician who is the center of the Erdős number universe. However, this requires a relaxation of the traditional definition of Bacon number to include crew, not just cast, as is often done for Erdős–Bacon numbers.

Well, Erdős himself was obviously cast and not crew, so presumably the claim here is that one of the intermediate nodes between Erdős and Bacon was a crewmember on N is Not a Number.

My question is: what is the state of things if you use the more restrictive definition, requiring the individuals to be cast members? Are Erdős and Bacon even connected at all? --Saforrest 02:06, 28 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

Google tells me: "Paul Erdős's Bacon number is 3. Paul Erdős and Peter Berg appeared in N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős. Peter Berg and Chris Penn appeared in Corky Romano. Chris Penn and Kevin Bacon appeared in Footloose."

However, I can't find anything to confirm that Peter Berg had anything to do with N Is a Number. 198.70.193.2 (talk) 17:17, 2 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

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