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Erdos' work ethic was legendary, as explained by Scientific American

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Such is Erdős' acclaim among some mathematicians, that an 'Erdős number' is particularly prized, which is equal to the academic degrees of separation to Erdős. For example, the mathematician himself has a value of 0, mathematicians who coauthored a paper with him have a value of 1, those who coauthored a paper with them have a value of 2, and so on.

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Erdos' [[work ethic]] was legendary, as explained by ''[[Scientific American]]'':

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{{cquote|Erdős—who had a lifelong affair with caffeine, and later amphetamines—regularly worked 20 hours a day. Into his 70s, Erdős was publishing more papers per year than many good mathematicians publish during their lifetimes.<ref>https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-arbitrary-number-of-years-since-mathematicians-birth/#:~:text=Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%94who%20had%20a%20lifelong,mathematicians%20publish%20during%20their%20lifetimes.</ref>

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