Posted by tpc at June 20th, 2009

Erdös apparently liked to have children sit on his lap. See this 1969 conference photo
http://staff.spd.dcu.ie/johnbcos/oxford.htm
(There is also a young dashing George Andrews on the left.)
So it was funny to see this page on the lap number.

Unfortunately, my Erdös number is still 4. I probably could decrease it to 3 by randomly putting my thesis advisor’s thesis advisor’s name into some future paper. It is either that or wait till the apocalyse.
http://xkcd.com/599/