Jeff Goldblum should make a film about this legendary mathematician
Paul Erdős was one of the most prolific mathematicians to ever live, known for showing up at the door of others in the field and declaring they should host and feed him while they do maths together. I come to you with something a little different for my latest maths column - a plea to Hollywood to make a comedy biopic about one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, Paul Erdős. Why is Erdős (pronounced "air-dish") deserving of such acclaim? With almost 1500 papers to his name, he is probably the most prolific mathematician that ever lived, and possibly that will ever live. Unsurprisingly, with that many papers, he is known for his work across many areas of maths, from probability to number theory to graph theory.
Feb-9-2026, 12:00:16 GMT
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