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Paul Erdos

Paul Erdos was one of the most prolific publishers in mathematics history. He would travel from campus to campus, collaborating with resident mathematicians for a short while and then he would move on to his next collaborator, often soliciting input from his current cohort as to who to seek out next. Known now for his pioneering work in the field of discreet mathematics, Erdos was always drawn to arithmetic. Born on March 26, 1913 to two high school math teachers, Paul developed an early interest in the subject and by the age of four he could calculate the number of seconds a person had lived based on their age. This was the beginning of Erdos’ idiosyncratic approach to life. A life lived through the lens of mathematics.

Erdos lived his life as a vagabond. He traveled from problem to problem or from theorem to theorem without regard for money, possessions, or modern domestic life.