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What does it mean to have a defined erdos bacon number?

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An Erdős number is a mathematician's measure of "proximity" to the prolific mathematician Paul Erdős. Erdős is assigned the number 0 and all his coauthors have a number 1. People who have not written papers with Erdős, but have written with one of his coauthors have Erdős number 2, and so on.

A Bacon number measures an actor's proximity to Kevin Bacon, much like an Erdős number. Kevin Bacon has Bacon number 0 and all his costars have Bacon number 1. An actor who has not appeared in a movie with Kevin Bacon, but has starred alongside one of Bacon's costars will have Bacon number 2, and so on.

An Erdős-Bacon number is a combination of the two. It is defined to be the sum of a person's Erdős number and Bacon number. Since it crosses disciplines between mathematics and acting, most people have infinite (or undefined) Erdős-Bacon numbers. Slightly better terminology to saying a person has a "defined Erdos-Bacon number" would be to say that they have a "finite Erdos-Bacon number."

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