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Paul Erdős
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Paul Erdős: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Paul Hoffman, The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdös and the Search for Mathematical Truth (1998), winner of the Rhône-Poulenc General Prize for Science Books, is a highly accessible and entertaining biography. Bruce Schechter, My Brain Is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdös (1998), is another entertaining biography. Paul Erdös, The Mathematics of Paul Erdös, 2 vol. (1996), is a comprehensive survey of his work. N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös (1993), directed by George Csicsery, is an award-winning documentary of his life that also contains animations illustrating some of his mathematical work.

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Academia - Erdős and Set Theory. Nov 13, 2024
Anniversary information added. Sep 16, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 24, 2024
Anniversary information added. Mar 22, 2024
Add new Web site: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe - Paul Erdős. Mar 14, 2024
Add new Web site: The New York Times - The Man Who Loved Only Numbers. Jan 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Simon Fraser Uniersity - Paul Erdős. Oct 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Erdős and Set Theory. Sep 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Purdue University - Department of Mathematics - Paul Erdös at Purdue. Aug 02, 2023
Changed “Chebyshev's theorem” to “Bertrand's postulate.” Jun 12, 2023
Add new Web site: American Mathematical Society - Paul Erdo˝s (1913–1996). Jun 08, 2023
Changed "Erdös" to "Erdős." Jul 08, 2013
Media added. May 19, 2008
Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Paul Erdős.
  • Gaurav Shukla
 Nov 23, 2006
Article revised. May 28, 2004
New article added. Aug 02, 2002
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