The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
First published 1998
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A portrait of Paul Erdős, the travelling mathematician who wrote papers with hundreds of collaborators.
AI × MATH
GPT-5.4 Pro solves Erdős problem #1196 on primitive sets
A conjecture of Erdős, Sárközy and Szemerédi; the method also gives a short proof of the primitive set conjecture.
April 2026 · arXiv ↗
GPT-5.2 Pro and Aristotle settle Erdős problem #728 almost on their own
One of the problems Erdős left behind, solved by AI and checked in Lean.
January 2026 · arXiv ↗
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11 editions · 1 hardcover, 4 paperback · 3 languages
First published 1998
Earliest edition listed: 1998 · Hyperion · 1st ed.
- 1998 · Hyperion · 1st ed. · ISBN 9780786863624
- 1998 · Fourth Estate · ISBN 9781857028119
- 1998 · Hyperion · ISBN 9780786884063
- 1998 · Hyperion · 1st ed. · ISBN 9780786863624
- 1999 · Ullstein · Hardcover · German · ISBN 9783550069789
- 1999 · Fourth Estate · ISBN 9781857028294
- 1999 · Hyperion · Paperback · ISBN 9780786884063
- 2000 · Belin · Paperback · ISBN 9782701125398
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- 2001 · Econ Tb. · Paperback · German · ISBN 9783548750583
- 2001 · Ediciones Granica, S.A. · Paperback · Spanish · ISBN 9788475778310
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