N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős

N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős
N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős
Directed by George Paul Csicsery
Starring Paul Erdős
Music by Mark Adler
Cinematography John Knoop
Running time 57 min.
Country USA
Language English

N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős is a 1993 documentary directed by George Paul Csicsery about the life of mathematician Paul Erdős.

Erdős himself appears in the film. As of 2010, using the official cast list in the credits, it gives Erdős a Bacon number (and thus Erdős-Bacon number) of 3.[1]

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