Notes[edit]

1. Jump up^ "Mathematics Genealogy Project". Retrieved 13 Aug 2012.

2. Jump up^ Paul Hoffman (July 8, 2013). "Paul Erds". "Encyclopedia Britannica.
3. Jump up^ Michael D. Lemonick (March 29, 1999). "Paul Erdos: The Oddball's Oddball".
Time Magazine.
4. Jump up^ Encyclopdia Britannica article
5. Jump up^ "Erdos biography". Gap-system.org. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
6. Jump up^ Baker, A.; Bollobas, B. (1999). "Paul Erds 26 March 1913 -- 20 September
1996: Elected For.Mem.R.S. 1989". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 45:
147.doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0011. edit
7. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 66.
8. Jump up^ Lszl Babai. "Paul Erds just left town".
9. Jump up^ Csicsery, George Paul (2005). N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erds. Berlin;
Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. ISBN 3-540-22469-6.
10. Jump up^ grave 17A-6-29
11. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 3.
12. Jump up^ The full quote is "Note the pair of long accents on the "," often (even in Erdos's
own papers) by mistake or out of typographical necessity replaced by "," the more familiar
German umlaut which also exists in Hungarian.", from Paul Erds, D. Mikls, Vera T. Ss
(1996). Combinatorics, Paul Erds is eighty.
13. Jump up^ Cited in at least 20 books.
14. Jump up^ Biography of Alfrd Rnyi by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson
15. Jump up^ Bruno Schechter (2000), My Brain is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul
Erds, p. 155, ISBN 0-684-85980-7
16. Jump up^ Paul Erds (1995). "Child Prodigies". Mathematics Competitions 8 (1): 715.
Retrieved July 17, 2012.
17. Jump up^ Hill, J. Paul Erdos, Mathematical Genius, Human (In That Order)
18. Jump up^ Colm Mulcahy (2013-03-26). "Centenary of Mathematician Paul Erds -- Source
of Bacon Number Concept". Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 April 2013. "In his own words, "I'm
not qualified to say whether or not God exists. I kind of doubt He does. Nevertheless, I'm
always saying that the SF has this transfinite Book that contains the best proofs of all
mathematical theorems, proofs that are elegant and perfect...You don't have to believe in
God, but you should believe in the Book."."
19. Jump up^ Jack Huberman (2008). Quotable Atheist: Ammunition for Nonbelievers, Political
Junkies, Gadflies, and Those Generally Hell-Bound. Nation Books.
p. 107. ISBN 9781568584195. "I kind of doubt He [exists]. Nevertheless, I'm always saying
that the SF has this transfinite Book ... that contains the best proofs of all theorems, proofs
that are elegant and perfect.... You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in the
Book."
20. Jump up^ Nathalie Sinclair, William Higginson, ed. (2006). Mathematics and the Aesthetic:
New Approaches to an Ancient Affinity. Springer. p. 36. ISBN 9780387305264. "Erds, an
atheist, named 'the Book' the place where God keeps aesthetically perfect proofs."
21. Jump up^ Schechter, Bruce (2000). My brain is open: The mathematical journeys of Paul
Erds. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 7071.ISBN 0-684-85980-7.
22. Jump up^ Varadaraja Raman (2005). Variety in Religion And Science: Daily Reflections.
iUniverse. p. 256. ISBN 9780595358403.
23. Jump up^ Hoffman, chapter 1. As included with the New York Times review of the book.
24. Jump up^ "Erdos biography". School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St
Andrews, Scotland. January 2000. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
25. Jump up^ Lszl Babai and Joel Spencer. "Paul Erds (19131996)"(PDF). Notices of the
American Mathematical Society (American Mathematical Society) 45 (1).
26. Jump up^ Erds, Paul (4 June 1996). "Dear President Downey" (PDF). Archived from the
original on 15 October 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2014. "With a heavy heart I feel that I have to
sever my connections with the University of Waterloo, including resigning my honorary
degree which I received from the University in 1981 (which caused me great pleasure). I was
very upset by the treatment of Professor Adrian Bondy. I do not maintain that Professor
Bondy was innocent, but in view of his accomplishments and distinguished services to the
University I feel that 'justice should be tempered with mercy.'"
27. Jump up^ Transcription of October 2, 1996, article
[dead link]
from University of Waterloo Gazette
(archive)
28. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 42.
29. Jump up^ Jerry Grossman. "Publications of Paul Erds". Retrieved 1 Feb 2011.
30. Jump up^ Charles Krauthammer (September 27, 1996). "Paul Erdos, Sweet
Genius". Washington Post. p. A25. "?".
31. Jump up^ "The Erds Number Project Data Files". Oakland.edu. 2009-05-29. Retrieved
2010-05-29.
32. Jump up^ This essay is in Mathematics: Frontiers and Perspectives, Edited by V. I. Arnold,
Michael Atiyah, Peter D. Lax and Barry Mazur, American Mathematical Society, 2000.
Available online at[1].
33. Jump up^ Joel Spencer, "Prove and Conjecture!", a review ofMathematics: Frontiers and
Perspectives. American Scientist, Volume 88, No. 6 NovemberDecember 2000
34. Jump up^ Paths to Erds The Erds Number Project
35. Jump up^ From "trails to Erdos", by DeCastro and Grossman, in The Mathematical
Intelligencer, vol. 21, no. 3 (Summer 1999), 5163: A careful reading of Table 3 shows that
although Erdos never wrote jointly with any of the 42 [Fields] medalists (a fact perhaps
worthy of further contemplation)... there are many other important international awards for
mathematicians. Perhaps the three most renowned...are the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize, the Wolf
Prize in Mathematics, and the Leroy P. Steele Prizes. ... Again, one may wonder why
KAPLANSKY is the only recipient of any of these prizes who collaborated with Paul Erds.
(After this paper was written, collaborator Lovasz received the Wolf prize, making 2 in all).
36. Jump up^ "Wolf Foundation Mathematics Prize Page". Wolffund.org.il. Retrieved 2010-05-
29.
37. Jump up^ Goldfeld, Dorian (2003). "The Elementary Proof of the Prime Number Theorem:
an Historical Perspective". Number Theory: New York Seminar: 179192.
38. Jump up^ Baas, Nils A.; Skau, Christian F. (2008). "The lord of the numbers, Atle Selberg.
On his life and mathematics". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (4): 617649. doi:10.1090/S0273-
0979-08-01223-8
39. Jump up^ Melvin Henriksen. "Reminiscences of Paul Erds (19131996)". Mathematical
Association of America. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
40. Jump up^ Brent Wittmeier, "Math genius left unclaimed sum," Edmonton Journal,
September 28, 2010. [2]
41. Jump up^ Charles Seife (5 April 2002). "Erds's Hard-to-Wi
Notes[edit]
1. Jump up^ "Mathematics Genealogy Project". Retrieved 13 Aug 2012.
2. Jump up^ Paul Hoffman (July 8, 2013). "Paul Erds". "Encyclopedia Britannica.
3. Jump up^ Michael D. Lemonick (March 29, 1999). "Paul Erdos: The Oddball's Oddball".
Time Magazine.
4. Jump up^ Encyclopdia Britannica article
5. Jump up^ "Erdos biography". Gap-system.org. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
6. Jump up^ Baker, A.; Bollobas, B. (1999). "Paul Erds 26 March 1913 -- 20 September
1996: Elected For.Mem.R.S. 1989". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 45:
147.doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0011. edit
7. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 66.
8. Jump up^ Lszl Babai. "Paul Erds just left town".
9. Jump up^ Csicsery, George Paul (2005). N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erds. Berlin;
Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. ISBN 3-540-22469-6.
10. Jump up^ grave 17A-6-29
11. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 3.
12. Jump up^ The full quote is "Note the pair of long accents on the "," often (even in Erdos's
own papers) by mistake or out of typographical necessity replaced by "," the more familiar
German umlaut which also exists in Hungarian.", from Paul Erds, D. Mikls, Vera T. Ss
(1996). Combinatorics, Paul Erds is eighty.
13. Jump up^ Cited in at least 20 books.
14. Jump up^ Biography of Alfrd Rnyi by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson
15. Jump up^ Bruno Schechter (2000), My Brain is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul
Erds, p. 155, ISBN 0-684-85980-7
16. Jump up^ Paul Erds (1995). "Child Prodigies". Mathematics Competitions 8 (1): 715.
Retrieved July 17, 2012.
17. Jump up^ Hill, J. Paul Erdos, Mathematical Genius, Human (In That Order)
18. Jump up^ Colm Mulcahy (2013-03-26). "Centenary of Mathematician Paul Erds -- Source
of Bacon Number Concept". Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 April 2013. "In his own words, "I'm
not qualified to say whether or not God exists. I kind of doubt He does. Nevertheless, I'm
always saying that the SF has this transfinite Book that contains the best proofs of all
mathematical theorems, proofs that are elegant and perfect...You don't have to believe in
God, but you should believe in the Book."."
19. Jump up^ Jack Huberman (2008). Quotable Atheist: Ammunition for Nonbelievers, Political
Junkies, Gadflies, and Those Generally Hell-Bound. Nation Books.
p. 107. ISBN 9781568584195. "I kind of doubt He [exists]. Nevertheless, I'm always saying
that the SF has this transfinite Book ... that contains the best proofs of all theorems, proofs
that are elegant and perfect.... You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in the
Book."
20. Jump up^ Nathalie Sinclair, William Higginson, ed. (2006). Mathematics and the Aesthetic:
New Approaches to an Ancient Affinity. Springer. p. 36. ISBN 9780387305264. "Erds, an
atheist, named 'the Book' the place where God keeps aesthetically perfect proofs."
21. Jump up^ Schechter, Bruce (2000). My brain is open: The mathematical journeys of Paul
Erds. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 7071.ISBN 0-684-85980-7.
22. Jump up^ Varadaraja Raman (2005). Variety in Religion And Science: Daily Reflections.
iUniverse. p. 256. ISBN 9780595358403.
23. Jump up^ Hoffman, chapter 1. As included with the New York Times review of the book.
24. Jump up^ "Erdos biography". School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St
Andrews, Scotland. January 2000. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
25. Jump up^ Lszl Babai and Joel Spencer. "Paul Erds (19131996)"(PDF). Notices of the
American Mathematical Society (American Mathematical Society) 45 (1).
26. Jump up^ Erds, Paul (4 June 1996). "Dear President Downey" (PDF). Archived from the
original on 15 October 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2014. "With a heavy heart I feel that I have to
sever my connections with the University of Waterloo, including resigning my honorary
degree which I received from the University in 1981 (which caused me great pleasure). I was
very upset by the treatment of Professor Adrian Bondy. I do not maintain that Professor
Bondy was innocent, but in view of his accomplishments and distinguished services to the
University I feel that 'justice should be tempered with mercy.'"
27. Jump up^ Transcription of October 2, 1996, article
[dead link]
from University of Waterloo Gazette
(archive)
28. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 42.
29. Jump up^ Jerry Grossman. "Publications of Paul Erds". Retrieved 1 Feb 2011.
30. Jump up^ Charles Krauthammer (September 27, 1996). "Paul Erdos, Sweet
Genius". Washington Post. p. A25. "?".
31. Jump up^ "The Erds Number Project Data Files". Oakland.edu. 2009-05-29. Retrieved
2010-05-29.
32. Jump up^ This essay is in Mathematics: Frontiers and Perspectives, Edited by V. I. Arnold,
Michael Atiyah, Peter D. Lax and Barry Mazur, American Mathematical Society, 2000.
Available online at[1].
33. Jump up^ Joel Spencer, "Prove and Conjecture!", a review ofMathematics: Frontiers and
Perspectives. American Scientist, Volume 88, No. 6 NovemberDecember 2000
34. Jump up^ Paths to Erds The Erds Number Project
35. Jump up^ From "trails to Erdos", by DeCastro and Grossman, in The Mathematical
Intelligencer, vol. 21, no. 3 (Summer 1999), 5163: A careful reading of Table 3 shows that
although Erdos never wrote jointly with any of the 42 [Fields] medalists (a fact perhaps
worthy of further contemplation)... there are many other important international awards for
mathematicians. Perhaps the three most renowned...are the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize, the Wolf
Prize in Mathematics, and the Leroy P. Steele Prizes. ... Again, one may wonder why
KAPLANSKY is the only recipient of any of these prizes who collaborated with Paul Erds.
(After this paper was written, collaborator Lovasz received the Wolf prize, making 2 in all).
36. Jump up^ "Wolf Foundation Mathematics Prize Page". Wolffund.org.il. Retrieved 2010-05-
29.
37. Jump up^ Goldfeld, Dorian (2003). "The Elementary Proof of the Prime Number Theorem:
an Historical Perspective". Number Theory: New York Seminar: 179192.
38. Jump up^ Baas, Nils A.; Skau, Christian F. (2008). "The lord of the numbers, Atle Selberg.
On his life and mathematics". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (4): 617649. doi:10.1090/S0273-
0979-08-01223-8
39. Jump up^ Melvin Henriksen. "Reminiscences of Paul Erds (19131996)". Mathematical
Association of America. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
40. Jump up^ Brent Wittmeier, "Math genius left unclaimed sum," Edmonton Journal,
September 28, 2010. [2]
41. Jump up^ Charles Seife (5 April 2002). "Erds's Hard-to-Wi
Notes[edit]
1. Jump up^ "Mathematics Genealogy Project". Retrieved 13 Aug 2012.
2. Jump up^ Paul Hoffman (July 8, 2013). "Paul Erds". "Encyclopedia Britannica.
3. Jump up^ Michael D. Lemonick (March 29, 1999). "Paul Erdos: The Oddball's Oddball".
Time Magazine.
4. Jump up^ Encyclopdia Britannica article
5. Jump up^ "Erdos biography". Gap-system.org. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
6. Jump up^ Baker, A.; Bollobas, B. (1999). "Paul Erds 26 March 1913 -- 20 September
1996: Elected For.Mem.R.S. 1989". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 45:
147.doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0011. edit
7. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 66.
8. Jump up^ Lszl Babai. "Paul Erds just left town".
9. Jump up^ Csicsery, George Paul (2005). N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erds. Berlin;
Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. ISBN 3-540-22469-6.
10. Jump up^ grave 17A-6-29
11. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 3.
12. Jump up^ The full quote is "Note the pair of long accents on the "," often (even in Erdos's
own papers) by mistake or out of typographical necessity replaced by "," the more familiar
German umlaut which also exists in Hungarian.", from Paul Erds, D. Mikls, Vera T. Ss
(1996). Combinatorics, Paul Erds is eighty.
13. Jump up^ Cited in at least 20 books.
14. Jump up^ Biography of Alfrd Rnyi by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson
15. Jump up^ Bruno Schechter (2000), My Brain is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul
Erds, p. 155, ISBN 0-684-85980-7
16. Jump up^ Paul Erds (1995). "Child Prodigies". Mathematics Competitions 8 (1): 715.
Retrieved July 17, 2012.
17. Jump up^ Hill, J. Paul Erdos, Mathematical Genius, Human (In That Order)
18. Jump up^ Colm Mulcahy (2013-03-26). "Centenary of Mathematician Paul Erds -- Source
of Bacon Number Concept". Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 April 2013. "In his own words, "I'm
not qualified to say whether or not God exists. I kind of doubt He does. Nevertheless, I'm
always saying that the SF has this transfinite Book that contains the best proofs of all
mathematical theorems, proofs that are elegant and perfect...You don't have to believe in
God, but you should believe in the Book."."
19. Jump up^ Jack Huberman (2008). Quotable Atheist: Ammunition for Nonbelievers, Political
Junkies, Gadflies, and Those Generally Hell-Bound. Nation Books.
p. 107. ISBN 9781568584195. "I kind of doubt He [exists]. Nevertheless, I'm always saying
that the SF has this transfinite Book ... that contains the best proofs of all theorems, proofs
that are elegant and perfect.... You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in the
Book."
20. Jump up^ Nathalie Sinclair, William Higginson, ed. (2006). Mathematics and the Aesthetic:
New Approaches to an Ancient Affinity. Springer. p. 36. ISBN 9780387305264. "Erds, an
atheist, named 'the Book' the place where God keeps aesthetically perfect proofs."
21. Jump up^ Schechter, Bruce (2000). My brain is open: The mathematical journeys of Paul
Erds. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 7071.ISBN 0-684-85980-7.
22. Jump up^ Varadaraja Raman (2005). Variety in Religion And Science: Daily Reflections.
iUniverse. p. 256. ISBN 9780595358403.
23. Jump up^ Hoffman, chapter 1. As included with the New York Times review of the book.
24. Jump up^ "Erdos biography". School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St
Andrews, Scotland. January 2000. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
25. Jump up^ Lszl Babai and Joel Spencer. "Paul Erds (19131996)"(PDF). Notices of the
American Mathematical Society (American Mathematical Society) 45 (1).
26. Jump up^ Erds, Paul (4 June 1996). "Dear President Downey" (PDF). Archived from the
original on 15 October 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2014. "With a heavy heart I feel that I have to
sever my connections with the University of Waterloo, including resigning my honorary
degree which I received from the University in 1981 (which caused me great pleasure). I was
very upset by the treatment of Professor Adrian Bondy. I do not maintain that Professor
Bondy was innocent, but in view of his accomplishments and distinguished services to the
University I feel that 'justice should be tempered with mercy.'"
27. Jump up^ Transcription of October 2, 1996, article
[dead link]
from University of Waterloo Gazette
(archive)
28. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 42.
29. Jump up^ Jerry Grossman. "Publications of Paul Erds". Retrieved 1 Feb 2011.
30. Jump up^ Charles Krauthammer (September 27, 1996). "Paul Erdos, Sweet
Genius". Washington Post. p. A25. "?".
31. Jump up^ "The Erds Number Project Data Files". Oakland.edu. 2009-05-29. Retrieved
2010-05-29.
32. Jump up^ This essay is in Mathematics: Frontiers and Perspectives, Edited by V. I. Arnold,
Michael Atiyah, Peter D. Lax and Barry Mazur, American Mathematical Society, 2000.
Available online at[1].
33. Jump up^ Joel Spencer, "Prove and Conjecture!", a review ofMathematics: Frontiers and
Perspectives. American Scientist, Volume 88, No. 6 NovemberDecember 2000
34. Jump up^ Paths to Erds The Erds Number Project
35. Jump up^ From "trails to Erdos", by DeCastro and Grossman, in The Mathematical
Intelligencer, vol. 21, no. 3 (Summer 1999), 5163: A careful reading of Table 3 shows that
although Erdos never wrote jointly with any of the 42 [Fields] medalists (a fact perhaps
worthy of further contemplation)... there are many other important international awards for
mathematicians. Perhaps the three most renowned...are the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize, the Wolf
Prize in Mathematics, and the Leroy P. Steele Prizes. ... Again, one may wonder why
KAPLANSKY is the only recipient of any of these prizes who collaborated with Paul Erds.
(After this paper was written, collaborator Lovasz received the Wolf prize, making 2 in all).
36. Jump up^ "Wolf Foundation Mathematics Prize Page". Wolffund.org.il. Retrieved 2010-05-
29.
37. Jump up^ Goldfeld, Dorian (2003). "The Elementary Proof of the Prime Number Theorem:
an Historical Perspective". Number Theory: New York Seminar: 179192.
38. Jump up^ Baas, Nils A.; Skau, Christian F. (2008). "The lord of the numbers, Atle Selberg.
On his life and mathematics". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (4): 617649. doi:10.1090/S0273-
0979-08-01223-8
39. Jump up^ Melvin Henriksen. "Reminiscences of Paul Erds (19131996)". Mathematical
Association of America. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
40. Jump up^ Brent Wittmeier, "Math genius left unclaimed sum," Edmonton Journal,
September 28, 2010. [2]
41. Jump up^ Charles Seife (5 April 2002). "Erds's Hard-to-Wi
Notes[edit]
1. Jump up^ "Mathematics Genealogy Project". Retrieved 13 Aug 2012.
2. Jump up^ Paul Hoffman (July 8, 2013). "Paul Erds". "Encyclopedia Britannica.
3. Jump up^ Michael D. Lemonick (March 29, 1999). "Paul Erdos: The Oddball's Oddball".
Time Magazine.
4. Jump up^ Encyclopdia Britannica article
5. Jump up^ "Erdos biography". Gap-system.org. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
6. Jump up^ Baker, A.; Bollobas, B. (1999). "Paul Erds 26 March 1913 -- 20 September
1996: Elected For.Mem.R.S. 1989". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 45:
147.doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0011. edit
7. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 66.
8. Jump up^ Lszl Babai. "Paul Erds just left town".
9. Jump up^ Csicsery, George Paul (2005). N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erds. Berlin;
Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. ISBN 3-540-22469-6.
10. Jump up^ grave 17A-6-29
11. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 3.
12. Jump up^ The full quote is "Note the pair of long accents on the "," often (even in Erdos's
own papers) by mistake or out of typographical necessity replaced by "," the more familiar
German umlaut which also exists in Hungarian.", from Paul Erds, D. Mikls, Vera T. Ss
(1996). Combinatorics, Paul Erds is eighty.
13. Jump up^ Cited in at least 20 books.
14. Jump up^ Biography of Alfrd Rnyi by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson
15. Jump up^ Bruno Schechter (2000), My Brain is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul
Erds, p. 155, ISBN 0-684-85980-7
16. Jump up^ Paul Erds (1995). "Child Prodigies". Mathematics Competitions 8 (1): 715.
Retrieved July 17, 2012.
17. Jump up^ Hill, J. Paul Erdos, Mathematical Genius, Human (In That Order)
18. Jump up^ Colm Mulcahy (2013-03-26). "Centenary of Mathematician Paul Erds -- Source
of Bacon Number Concept". Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 April 2013. "In his own words, "I'm
not qualified to say whether or not God exists. I kind of doubt He does. Nevertheless, I'm
always saying that the SF has this transfinite Book that contains the best proofs of all
mathematical theorems, proofs that are elegant and perfect...You don't have to believe in
God, but you should believe in the Book."."
19. Jump up^ Jack Huberman (2008). Quotable Atheist: Ammunition for Nonbelievers, Political
Junkies, Gadflies, and Those Generally Hell-Bound. Nation Books.
p. 107. ISBN 9781568584195. "I kind of doubt He [exists]. Nevertheless, I'm always saying
that the SF has this transfinite Book ... that contains the best proofs of all theorems, proofs
that are elegant and perfect.... You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in the
Book."
20. Jump up^ Nathalie Sinclair, William Higginson, ed. (2006). Mathematics and the Aesthetic:
New Approaches to an Ancient Affinity. Springer. p. 36. ISBN 9780387305264. "Erds, an
atheist, named 'the Book' the place where God keeps aesthetically perfect proofs."
21. Jump up^ Schechter, Bruce (2000). My brain is open: The mathematical journeys of Paul
Erds. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 7071.ISBN 0-684-85980-7.
22. Jump up^ Varadaraja Raman (2005). Variety in Religion And Science: Daily Reflections.
iUniverse. p. 256. ISBN 9780595358403.
23. Jump up^ Hoffman, chapter 1. As included with the New York Times review of the book.
24. Jump up^ "Erdos biography". School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St
Andrews, Scotland. January 2000. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
25. Jump up^ Lszl Babai and Joel Spencer. "Paul Erds (19131996)"(PDF). Notices of the
American Mathematical Society (American Mathematical Society) 45 (1).
26. Jump up^ Erds, Paul (4 June 1996). "Dear President Downey" (PDF). Archived from the
original on 15 October 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2014. "With a heavy heart I feel that I have to
sever my connections with the University of Waterloo, including resigning my honorary
degree which I received from the University in 1981 (which caused me great pleasure). I was
very upset by the treatment of Professor Adrian Bondy. I do not maintain that Professor
Bondy was innocent, but in view of his accomplishments and distinguished services to the
University I feel that 'justice should be tempered with mercy.'"
27. Jump up^ Transcription of October 2, 1996, article
[dead link]
from University of Waterloo Gazette
(archive)
28. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 42.
29. Jump up^ Jerry Grossman. "Publications of Paul Erds". Retrieved 1 Feb 2011.
30. Jump up^ Charles Krauthammer (September 27, 1996). "Paul Erdos, Sweet
Genius". Washington Post. p. A25. "?".
31. Jump up^ "The Erds Number Project Data Files". Oakland.edu. 2009-05-29. Retrieved
2010-05-29.
32. Jump up^ This essay is in Mathematics: Frontiers and Perspectives, Edited by V. I. Arnold,
Michael Atiyah, Peter D. Lax and Barry Mazur, American Mathematical Society, 2000.
Available online at[1].
33. Jump up^ Joel Spencer, "Prove and Conjecture!", a review ofMathematics: Frontiers and
Perspectives. American Scientist, Volume 88, No. 6 NovemberDecember 2000
34. Jump up^ Paths to Erds The Erds Number Project
35. Jump up^ From "trails to Erdos", by DeCastro and Grossman, in The Mathematical
Intelligencer, vol. 21, no. 3 (Summer 1999), 5163: A careful reading of Table 3 shows that
although Erdos never wrote jointly with any of the 42 [Fields] medalists (a fact perhaps
worthy of further contemplation)... there are many other important international awards for
mathematicians. Perhaps the three most renowned...are the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize, the Wolf
Prize in Mathematics, and the Leroy P. Steele Prizes. ... Again, one may wonder why
KAPLANSKY is the only recipient of any of these prizes who collaborated with Paul Erds.
(After this paper was written, collaborator Lovasz received the Wolf prize, making 2 in all).
36. Jump up^ "Wolf Foundation Mathematics Prize Page". Wolffund.org.il. Retrieved 2010-05-
29.
37. Jump up^ Goldfeld, Dorian (2003). "The Elementary Proof of the Prime Number Theorem:
an Historical Perspective". Number Theory: New York Seminar: 179192.
38. Jump up^ Baas, Nils A.; Skau, Christian F. (2008). "The lord of the numbers, Atle Selberg.
On his life and mathematics". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (4): 617649. doi:10.1090/S0273-
0979-08-01223-8
39. Jump up^ Melvin Henriksen. "Reminiscences of Paul Erds (19131996)". Mathematical
Association of America. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
40. Jump up^ Brent Wittmeier, "Math genius left unclaimed sum," Edmonton Journal,
September 28, 2010. [2]
41. Jump up^ Charles Seife (5 April 2002). "Erds's Hard-to-Wi
Notes[edit]
1. Jump up^ "Mathematics Genealogy Project". Retrieved 13 Aug 2012.
2. Jump up^ Paul Hoffman (July 8, 2013). "Paul Erds". "Encyclopedia Britannica.
3. Jump up^ Michael D. Lemonick (March 29, 1999). "Paul Erdos: The Oddball's Oddball".
Time Magazine.
4. Jump up^ Encyclopdia Britannica article
5. Jump up^ "Erdos biography". Gap-system.org. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
6. Jump up^ Baker, A.; Bollobas, B. (1999). "Paul Erds 26 March 1913 -- 20 September
1996: Elected For.Mem.R.S. 1989". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 45:
147.doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0011. edit
7. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 66.
8. Jump up^ Lszl Babai. "Paul Erds just left town".
9. Jump up^ Csicsery, George Paul (2005). N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erds. Berlin;
Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. ISBN 3-540-22469-6.
10. Jump up^ grave 17A-6-29
11. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 3.
12. Jump up^ The full quote is "Note the pair of long accents on the "," often (even in Erdos's
own papers) by mistake or out of typographical necessity replaced by "," the more familiar
German umlaut which also exists in Hungarian.", from Paul Erds, D. Mikls, Vera T. Ss
(1996). Combinatorics, Paul Erds is eighty.
13. Jump up^ Cited in at least 20 books.
14. Jump up^ Biography of Alfrd Rnyi by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson
15. Jump up^ Bruno Schechter (2000), My Brain is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul
Erds, p. 155, ISBN 0-684-85980-7
16. Jump up^ Paul Erds (1995). "Child Prodigies". Mathematics Competitions 8 (1): 715.
Retrieved July 17, 2012.
17. Jump up^ Hill, J. Paul Erdos, Mathematical Genius, Human (In That Order)
18. Jump up^ Colm Mulcahy (2013-03-26). "Centenary of Mathematician Paul Erds -- Source
of Bacon Number Concept". Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 April 2013. "In his own words, "I'm
not qualified to say whether or not God exists. I kind of doubt He does. Nevertheless, I'm
always saying that the SF has this transfinite Book that contains the best proofs of all
mathematical theorems, proofs that are elegant and perfect...You don't have to believe in
God, but you should believe in the Book."."
19. Jump up^ Jack Huberman (2008). Quotable Atheist: Ammunition for Nonbelievers, Political
Junkies, Gadflies, and Those Generally Hell-Bound. Nation Books.
p. 107. ISBN 9781568584195. "I kind of doubt He [exists]. Nevertheless, I'm always saying
that the SF has this transfinite Book ... that contains the best proofs of all theorems, proofs
that are elegant and perfect.... You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in the
Book."
20. Jump up^ Nathalie Sinclair, William Higginson, ed. (2006). Mathematics and the Aesthetic:
New Approaches to an Ancient Affinity. Springer. p. 36. ISBN 9780387305264. "Erds, an
atheist, named 'the Book' the place where God keeps aesthetically perfect proofs."
21. Jump up^ Schechter, Bruce (2000). My brain is open: The mathematical journeys of Paul
Erds. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 7071.ISBN 0-684-85980-7.
22. Jump up^ Varadaraja Raman (2005). Variety in Religion And Science: Daily Reflections.
iUniverse. p. 256. ISBN 9780595358403.
23. Jump up^ Hoffman, chapter 1. As included with the New York Times review of the book.
24. Jump up^ "Erdos biography". School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St
Andrews, Scotland. January 2000. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
25. Jump up^ Lszl Babai and Joel Spencer. "Paul Erds (19131996)"(PDF). Notices of the
American Mathematical Society (American Mathematical Society) 45 (1).
26. Jump up^ Erds, Paul (4 June 1996). "Dear President Downey" (PDF). Archived from the
original on 15 October 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2014. "With a heavy heart I feel that I have to
sever my connections with the University of Waterloo, including resigning my honorary
degree which I received from the University in 1981 (which caused me great pleasure). I was
very upset by the treatment of Professor Adrian Bondy. I do not maintain that Professor
Bondy was innocent, but in view of his accomplishments and distinguished services to the
University I feel that 'justice should be tempered with mercy.'"
27. Jump up^ Transcription of October 2, 1996, article
[dead link]
from University of Waterloo Gazette
(archive)
28. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 42.
29. Jump up^ Jerry Grossman. "Publications of Paul Erds". Retrieved 1 Feb 2011.
30. Jump up^ Charles Krauthammer (September 27, 1996). "Paul Erdos, Sweet
Genius". Washington Post. p. A25. "?".
31. Jump up^ "The Erds Number Project Data Files". Oakland.edu. 2009-05-29. Retrieved
2010-05-29.
32. Jump up^ This essay is in Mathematics: Frontiers and Perspectives, Edited by V. I. Arnold,
Michael Atiyah, Peter D. Lax and Barry Mazur, American Mathematical Society, 2000.
Available online at[1].
33. Jump up^ Joel Spencer, "Prove and Conjecture!", a review ofMathematics: Frontiers and
Perspectives. American Scientist, Volume 88, No. 6 NovemberDecember 2000
34. Jump up^ Paths to Erds The Erds Number Project
35. Jump up^ From "trails to Erdos", by DeCastro and Grossman, in The Mathematical
Intelligencer, vol. 21, no. 3 (Summer 1999), 5163: A careful reading of Table 3 shows that
although Erdos never wrote jointly with any of the 42 [Fields] medalists (a fact perhaps
worthy of further contemplation)... there are many other important international awards for
mathematicians. Perhaps the three most renowned...are the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize, the Wolf
Prize in Mathematics, and the Leroy P. Steele Prizes. ... Again, one may wonder why
KAPLANSKY is the only recipient of any of these prizes who collaborated with Paul Erds.
(After this paper was written, collaborator Lovasz received the Wolf prize, making 2 in all).
36. Jump up^ "Wolf Foundation Mathematics Prize Page". Wolffund.org.il. Retrieved 2010-05-
29.
37. Jump up^ Goldfeld, Dorian (2003). "The Elementary Proof of the Prime Number Theorem:
an Historical Perspective". Number Theory: New York Seminar: 179192.
38. Jump up^ Baas, Nils A.; Skau, Christian F. (2008). "The lord of the numbers, Atle Selberg.
On his life and mathematics". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (4): 617649. doi:10.1090/S0273-
0979-08-01223-8
39. Jump up^ Melvin Henriksen. "Reminiscences of Paul Erds (19131996)". Mathematical
Association of America. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
40. Jump up^ Brent Wittmeier, "Math genius left unclaimed sum," Edmonton Journal,
September 28, 2010. [2]
41. Jump up^ Charles Seife (5 April 2002). "Erds's Hard-to-Wi
Notes[edit]
1. Jump up^ "Mathematics Genealogy Project". Retrieved 13 Aug 2012.
2. Jump up^ Paul Hoffman (July 8, 2013). "Paul Erds". "Encyclopedia Britannica.
3. Jump up^ Michael D. Lemonick (March 29, 1999). "Paul Erdos: The Oddball's Oddball".
Time Magazine.
4. Jump up^ Encyclopdia Britannica article
5. Jump up^ "Erdos biography". Gap-system.org. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
6. Jump up^ Baker, A.; Bollobas, B. (1999). "Paul Erds 26 March 1913 -- 20 September
1996: Elected For.Mem.R.S. 1989". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 45:
147.doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0011. edit
7. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 66.
8. Jump up^ Lszl Babai. "Paul Erds just left town".
9. Jump up^ Csicsery, George Paul (2005). N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erds. Berlin;
Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. ISBN 3-540-22469-6.
10. Jump up^ grave 17A-6-29
11. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 3.
12. Jump up^ The full quote is "Note the pair of long accents on the "," often (even in Erdos's
own papers) by mistake or out of typographical necessity replaced by "," the more familiar
German umlaut which also exists in Hungarian.", from Paul Erds, D. Mikls, Vera T. Ss
(1996). Combinatorics, Paul Erds is eighty.
13. Jump up^ Cited in at least 20 books.
14. Jump up^ Biography of Alfrd Rnyi by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson
15. Jump up^ Bruno Schechter (2000), My Brain is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul
Erds, p. 155, ISBN 0-684-85980-7
16. Jump up^ Paul Erds (1995). "Child Prodigies". Mathematics Competitions 8 (1): 715.
Retrieved July 17, 2012.
17. Jump up^ Hill, J. Paul Erdos, Mathematical Genius, Human (In That Order)
18. Jump up^ Colm Mulcahy (2013-03-26). "Centenary of Mathematician Paul Erds -- Source
of Bacon Number Concept". Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 April 2013. "In his own words, "I'm
not qualified to say whether or not God exists. I kind of doubt He does. Nevertheless, I'm
always saying that the SF has this transfinite Book that contains the best proofs of all
mathematical theorems, proofs that are elegant and perfect...You don't have to believe in
God, but you should believe in the Book."."
19. Jump up^ Jack Huberman (2008). Quotable Atheist: Ammunition for Nonbelievers, Political
Junkies, Gadflies, and Those Generally Hell-Bound. Nation Books.
p. 107. ISBN 9781568584195. "I kind of doubt He [exists]. Nevertheless, I'm always saying
that the SF has this transfinite Book ... that contains the best proofs of all theorems, proofs
that are elegant and perfect.... You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in the
Book."
20. Jump up^ Nathalie Sinclair, William Higginson, ed. (2006). Mathematics and the Aesthetic:
New Approaches to an Ancient Affinity. Springer. p. 36. ISBN 9780387305264. "Erds, an
atheist, named 'the Book' the place where God keeps aesthetically perfect proofs."
21. Jump up^ Schechter, Bruce (2000). My brain is open: The mathematical journeys of Paul
Erds. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 7071.ISBN 0-684-85980-7.
22. Jump up^ Varadaraja Raman (2005). Variety in Religion And Science: Daily Reflections.
iUniverse. p. 256. ISBN 9780595358403.
23. Jump up^ Hoffman, chapter 1. As included with the New York Times review of the book.
24. Jump up^ "Erdos biography". School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St
Andrews, Scotland. January 2000. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
25. Jump up^ Lszl Babai and Joel Spencer. "Paul Erds (19131996)"(PDF). Notices of the
American Mathematical Society (American Mathematical Society) 45 (1).
26. Jump up^ Erds, Paul (4 June 1996). "Dear President Downey" (PDF). Archived from the
original on 15 October 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2014. "With a heavy heart I feel that I have to
sever my connections with the University of Waterloo, including resigning my honorary
degree which I received from the University in 1981 (which caused me great pleasure). I was
very upset by the treatment of Professor Adrian Bondy. I do not maintain that Professor
Bondy was innocent, but in view of his accomplishments and distinguished services to the
University I feel that 'justice should be tempered with mercy.'"
27. Jump up^ Transcription of October 2, 1996, article
[dead link]
from University of Waterloo Gazette
(archive)
28. Jump up^ Hoffman, p. 42.
29. Jump up^ Jerry Grossman. "Publications of Paul Erds". Retrieved 1 Feb 2011.
30. Jump up^ Charles Krauthammer (September 27, 1996). "Paul Erdos, Sweet
Genius". Washington Post. p. A25. "?".
31. Jump up^ "The Erds Number Project Data Files". Oakland.edu. 2009-05-29. Retrieved
2010-05-29.
32. Jump up^ This essay is in Mathematics: Frontiers and Perspectives, Edited by V. I. Arnold,
Michael Atiyah, Peter D. Lax and Barry Mazur, American Mathematical Society, 2000.
Available online at[1].
33. Jump up^ Joel Spencer, "Prove and Conjecture!", a review ofMathematics: Frontiers and
Perspectives. American Scientist, Volume 88, No. 6 NovemberDecember 2000
34. Jump up^ Paths to Erds The Erds Number Project
35. Jump up^ From "trails to Erdos", by DeCastro and Grossman, in The Mathematical
Intelligencer, vol. 21, no. 3 (Summer 1999), 5163: A careful reading of Table 3 shows that
although Erdos never wrote jointly with any of the 42 [Fields] medalists (a fact perhaps
worthy of further contemplation)... there are many other important international awards for
mathematicians. Perhaps the three most renowned...are the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize, the Wolf
Prize in Mathematics, and the Leroy P. Steele Prizes. ... Again, one may wonder why
KAPLANSKY is the only recipient of any of these prizes who collaborated with Paul Erds.
(After this paper was written, collaborator Lovasz received the Wolf prize, making 2 in all).
36. Jump up^ "Wolf Foundation Mathematics Prize Page". Wolffund.org.il. Retrieved 2010-05-
29.
37. Jump up^ Goldfeld, Dorian (2003). "The Elementary Proof of the Prime Number Theorem:
an Historical Perspective". Number Theory: New York Seminar: 179192.
38. Jump up^ Baas, Nils A.; Skau, Christian F. (2008). "The lord of the numbers, Atle Selberg.
On his life and mathematics". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (4): 617649. doi:10.1090/S0273-
0979-08-01223-8
39. Jump up^ Melvin Henriksen. "Reminiscences of Paul Erds (19131996)". Mathematical
Association of America. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
40. Jump up^ Brent Wittmeier, "Math genius left unclaimed sum," Edmonton Journal,
September 28, 2010. [2]
41. Jump up^ Charles Seife (5 April 2002). "Erds's Hard-to-Wi