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		karmakurtisaani on Jan 24, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Euler Did It, by Ed Sandifer If I recall correctly, Euler has the most pages of published math. Erdős has the most papers (some of them not more than a handful of sentences).

TuringTourist on Jan 24, 2024 [–]

Erdős has a huge amount of credits in the papers of others (hence Erdős number) because he would just travel all over the country helping people get unstuck on their work.

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