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The "Dijkstra number"
The Dijkstra number describes the collaborative distance between an author and
Edsger W. Dijkstra.
In our dataset 90.4% of authors are connected to Edsger W. Dijkstra and
the average Dijkstra number among them is 5.07.
These kind of number/metrics are quite famous and already well defined in other fields.
The
"Erdős number"
expresses the collaborative distance with
Paul Erdős,
the famous Hungarian mathematician.
The
"Bacon number"
expresses the co-acting distance with Kevin Bacon.
The "Erdős number"
The Erdős number describes the collaborative distance between an author and
Paul Erdős.
In our dataset 90.4% of authors are connected to Paul Erdős and
the average Erdős number among them is 4.67.
Find more on Wikipedia with an article on the
"Erdős number".
Tim McLain
According to our database1,
Tim McLain authored at least 3 papers
between 2025 and 2026.
