![]() ![]() ![]() Erds did not return to Hungary until 1945, after Soviet troops liberated Budapest from the Nazis. He moved to Manchester, England, in 1934 for a post-doctoral appointment, but also spent time (unofficially) working in London, Cambridge and Bristol-establishing a trend of bouncing from institute to institute that would continue for the rest of his life. But I can’t find any particular significance about 100 for Erds.Įrds was born in 1913 in Hungary to Jewish parents, both mathematics teachers. If we used a base 12 system, we would have 12 unique symbols, and we’d be celebrating anniversaries of 144 years. Ten units of 10 is 100, so it’s a nice, neat factor. Why 100? The number 100 was chosen, of course, because 10 is the base unit of our number system: We have 10 unique symbols (0-9) that can be combined to represent any conceivable number. Not the celebration itself, but the number. I take issue with the celebration of Paul Erds’ 100 th birthday. ![]()
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