Erdos number(NJAS)

[p.j.cameron at qmul.ac.uk]

On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 05:03:35PM +0000, Neil Fernandez wrote:
> In message <3cce05d60603181546i30757d41x4ded0299c9bd1ea1 at mail.gmail.com>
> , Alonso Del Arte <alonso.delarte at gmail.com> writes
> 
> >And would this mean that those who help Neil edit sequences have 
> >an Erdos number E(NJAS) + 1?
> 
> I don't know whether there is a canonical definition, but can the chain
> run through collaboration with someone on an OEIS entry, as recorded in
> said entry?
> 
> I.e. if E(X)=k, and X and Y are joint authors of an entry, or are
> otherwise recorded in the entry as having cooperated on it, then
> E(Y)=k+1?
> 
> Neil
> 
> -- 
> Neil Fernandez

On Jerry Grossman's web page, he lists the rules for what counts as a
research collaboration. The answer to the question is there.

Peter Cameron.