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I was a bold teenager who had flashes of insight. I am now a retired mathematician who is not as fast but still original.
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Welcome, Are you related to _The_ Paul Erdos?
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He didn't have any children. I'm just trying to keep a low profile.
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That's not a 'no'... you could be one-and-the-same.paulerdos said:
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Oh. He's dead.
My bad.
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Do human rules apply to Erdos? He was a MartianDaveC426913 said:That's not a 'no'... you could be one-and-the-same.
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Oh. He's dead.
My bad.
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Which would make one heck of score! 
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He was a bit nuts from what I have read. Brilliant, prolific but nuts.DaveC426913 said:
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IIRC, he said "A Mathematician is a machine to turn coffee into theorems".pinball1970 said: