My Erdös Number

God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is happening with the prime numbers."

--Paul Erdös

  1. Ulam has an Erdös number of unity:

    1. P. Erdös and S. Ulam
      Some probabilistic remarks on Fermat's last theorem
      Rocky Mountain J. Math (1971).

    2. P. Erdös and S. Ulam
      On equations with sets as unknowns
      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 60, 4, pp.1189-1195, (1968).

  2. Metropolis has an Erdös number of two:

    1. N. Metropolis and S. Ulam
      The Monte Carlo Method
      Journal of the American Statistical Association 44, 247, doi:10.2307/2280232
      pp. 335-341 (Sept. 1949).

    2. N. Metropolis and S. Ulam
      A Property of Randomness of an Arithmetic Function
      The American Mathematical Monthly 60, 4, doi:10.2307/2307436
      pp. 252-253 (April 1953).

  3. Rosenbluth has an Erdös number of three:

    1. N. Metropolis, A. W. Rosenbluth, M. N. Rosenbluth, A. H. Teller, and E. Teller
      Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines
      Journal of Chemical Physics 21, 1087, doi:10.1063/1.1699114 (1953).

  4. Rostoker has an Erdös number of four:

    1. M. N. Rosenbluth and N. Rostoker
      Theoretical Structure of Plasma Equations
      Physics of Fluids 2, 23, doi:10.1063/1.1724387 (1959).

    2. N. Rostoker and M. N. Rosenbluth
      Test Particles in a Completely Ionized Plasma
      Physics of Fluids 3, 1, doi:10.1063/1.1705998 (1960).

  5. I have an Erdös number of five:

    1. W. Peter and N. Rostoker
      Theory of Plasma Injection into a Magnetic Field
      Physics of Fluids 25, 730, doi:10.1063/1.863799 (1982).

    2. W. Peter and N. Rostoker
      Interaction of a Rotating Relativistic Electron Beam with a Plasma
      Physics of Fluids 28, 1532, doi:10.1063/1.864987 (1985).