Erdos numbers - Page 5

ET_ · 2012-09-13, 18:18

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Originally Posted by Xyzzy

Everybody has an Erdős number.

A person with no such coauthorship chain connecting to Erdős has an Erdős number of infinity (or an undefined one).

The second option looks fine for me...

Luigi

jasonp · 2012-09-13, 18:18

Apparently (from a book on random networks) Kevin Bacon is actually not the most connected actor in Hollywood; he barely breaks into the top 1000, and is only famous for connectivity via some lucky mention on a talk show. The most connected actors in Hollywood are actually a bunch of guys from the 1950's that nobody's ever heard of, but have been around for long enough. Interestingly it doesn't have much to do with the number of films they've been in, the most famous adult film actors have thousands and thousands of films and yet have very low connectivity.

rogue · 2012-09-13, 18:41

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Originally Posted by jasonp

the most famous adult film actors have thousands and thousands of films and yet have very low connectivity.

And how would you know that?

ET_ · 2012-09-13, 19:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by rogue

And how would you know that?

Maybe he meant "male actors"...

Luigi

only_human · 2012-09-13, 20:17

I thought this might be a bit too far off-topic to sling into this thread but then I looked at teh conversation :surprised

Googles' new easter egg demonstrated:
https://www.google.com/search?q=bacon+number+Hawking

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Stephen Hawking's Bacon number is 3
Stephen Hawking and Arthur C. Clarke appeared in God, the Universe and Everything Else.
Arthur C. Clarke and John Lithgow appeared in 2010: The Year We Make Contact.
John Lithgow and Kevin Bacon appeared in Footloose.

http://www.google.com/search?q=bacon...anica+McKellar

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Danica McKellar's Bacon number is 2
Danica McKellar and Clint Howard appeared in Raising Genius.
Clint Howard and Kevin Bacon appeared in Apollo 13.

Erdős–Bacon number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdős–Bacon_number
Danica McKellar, most famous for her role as Winnie Cooper in The Wonder Years, has an Erdős–Bacon number of 6, having coauthored a mathematics paper ...

jasonp · 2012-09-13, 21:38

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Originally Posted by rogue

And how would you know that?

Exhaustive research.

PS: Thanks Serge, I had no idea my number was so low. Upon reflection any interest in number theory will bias the Erdos number downwards.

Batalov · 2012-09-13, 22:17

We have a mutual number 3 as well - via TL Madden and JU Pontius!
It's an equilateral triangle with 9 distinct people, how cool is that?

ewmayer · 2012-09-13, 23:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasonp

Apparently (from a book on random networks) Kevin Bacon is actually not the most connected actor in Hollywood; he barely breaks into the top 1000, and is only famous for connectivity via some lucky mention on a talk show. The most connected actors in Hollywood are actually a bunch of guys from the 1950's that nobody's ever heard of, but have been around for long enough. Interestingly it doesn't have much to do with the number of films they've been in, the most famous adult film actors have thousands and thousands of films and yet have very low connectivity.

All that hooking up going on, and still such low connectivity ... there's a bad metaphor in that, I am sure of it.

I suspect those 50s-era most-connected actors are so by virtue of having worked with well-connected producers and directors: think Roger Corman, by way of an obvious example. If my hypothesis is correct, then non-headlining actors who were favorites of Corman should be quite well-connected. For example, can you find me the Hollywood connectivity of this fellow? My guess is that it's quite high.

(Not as many movies for Mr. Miller as for a typical grindhouse-porno veteran like our own Jason "Papa Doc" Papadopoulos, but very busy by non-porno standards.)

jasonp · 2012-09-14, 16:45

Test your six degrees knowledge

I actually have friends that can play this game (actually the harder version, 'six degrees of anybody in Hollywood') completely from memory.

xilman · 2012-09-14, 18:50

Hmm, Bill Gates has a Bacon number of 2 and an Erdos number of 4 so it would appear that I'm within the legendary 6 degrees of freedom.

Actually, I have another close relationship with Bill. For a couple of years or more he was my great-grandboss. The chain went me -> Roger Needham -> Nathan Myhrvold -> Bill Gates.

Paul

only_human · 2012-09-14, 19:35

http://www.xkcd.com/599/

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2012-09-13, 18:18	#46
jasonp Tribal Bullet Oct 2004 3,541 Posts	Apparently (from a book on random networks) Kevin Bacon is actually not the most connected actor in Hollywood; he barely breaks into the top 1000, and is only famous for connectivity via some lucky mention on a talk show. The most connected actors in Hollywood are actually a bunch of guys from the 1950's that nobody's ever heard of, but have been around for long enough. Interestingly it doesn't have much to do with the number of films they've been in, the most famous adult film actors have thousands and thousands of films and yet have very low connectivity.

2012-09-13, 22:17	#51
Batalov "Serge" Mar 2008 Phi(4,2^7658614+1)/2 2505₁₆ Posts	We have a mutual number 3 as well - via TL Madden and JU Pontius! It's an equilateral triangle with 9 distinct people, how cool is that?

2012-09-14, 18:50	#54
xilman Bamboozled! "𒉺𒌌𒇷𒆷𒀭" May 2003 Down not across 10,753 Posts	Hmm, Bill Gates has a Bacon number of 2 and an Erdos number of 4 so it would appear that I'm within the legendary 6 degrees of freedom. Actually, I have another close relationship with Bill. For a couple of years or more he was my great-grandboss. The chain went me -> Roger Needham -> Nathan Myhrvold -> Bill Gates. Paul

2012-09-14, 19:35	#55
only_human "Gang aft agley" Sep 2002 3754₁₀ Posts	http://www.xkcd.com/599/