Erdos Bacon Sabbath numbers! I feel like we've had a thread on these before but I can't find it, so new thread is a go.
http://erdosbaconsabbath.com/Basically the EBS number is formed of three parts:
ERDOS number - academic paper or book collaborations away from mathematician Paul Erdos
BACON number - TV and Film appearances away from Kevin Bacon
SABBATH number - musical performances or song releases away from Black Sabbath
The aim is to have the lowest possible number - an accolade apparently held by Stephen Hawking, on eight or nine depending on what you allow. What you allow is somewhat thorny as an issue, particularly when one gets into minor humanities pseudojournals or into un-reviewed but publicly published paper archives for Erdos numbers, or minor TV appearances for Bacon numbers.
I feel we should work out if any of us have any of these numbers - I doubt any of us have an EBS number, simply getting one is quite an achievement. But would be interesting to know if any of us have racked up any of the three. So please state any musical collaborations, TV/film appearances, or papers/books, you have done along with other people, and we'll try and trace your number back!
EXILIAN CHART:
Name | Erdos | Bacon | Sabbath | EBS? |
Fish Priest | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
Jubal | INF | INF | 6 | INF+INF+6 |