tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post6045026428895866080..comments2024-03-27T19:58:17.387-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: My Pope Number is 2: The Smaller World HypothesisLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-52949278077913044932014-01-15T22:38:06.494-06:002014-01-15T22:38:06.494-06:00My Pope number is 2. Is there a measure that qual...My Pope number is 2. Is there a measure that qualifies 2 depending on the number of different approaches one can define. I can count the Pope number 2 through six different paths. My 2 may be a stronger 2 than yours in that event.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-63059317909246880942013-11-06T09:55:17.763-06:002013-11-06T09:55:17.763-06:00Thanks, Fixed.
(I had the pointer to the page talk...Thanks, Fixed.<br />(I had the pointer to the page talking about the page, rather than the page itself.)<br />GASARCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134382469361359081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-40581577251395442452013-11-06T09:54:48.103-06:002013-11-06T09:54:48.103-06:00Agreed that the term is ill-defined.
For my Pope N...Agreed that the term is ill-defined.<br />For my Pope Number I am using `will return an email from' as the metric.<br />Odilfreddi would return and email from me, and the Pope Emeritus would return an email from him.GASARCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134382469361359081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-14800430767857401462013-11-06T09:46:48.302-06:002013-11-06T09:46:48.302-06:00Link to wiki should be http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...Link to wiki should be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separationdomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790539025733385232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-32096241911533896202013-11-06T08:55:23.565-06:002013-11-06T08:55:23.565-06:00How does one define "connection" for thi...How does one define "connection" for this? Co-authors is fairly well-defined. Co-stars (Bacon Game) is less well-defined since a "co-star" might not even share a scene with the other "co-star" and still count. Calling "connected" vague would be an understatement. If I rode on a bus with someone, are we "connected" in terms of the degrees of separation? I was at the inauguration with a million or so people, are we connected? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-84410994713586720732013-11-05T08:28:10.270-06:002013-11-05T08:28:10.270-06:00Anon 1- YES, that is a better way to refer to him,...Anon 1- YES, that is a better way to refer to him, and I have made the change.<br /><br />Anon 2- YES, `in politics' is not correct' and I have changed it.<br /><br />I responded to your comments- does that make your Pope Number 3? :-) GASARCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134382469361359081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-3216262447363758062013-11-05T08:21:03.003-06:002013-11-05T08:21:03.003-06:00I don't think Odifreddi is "in politics&q...I don't think Odifreddi is "in politics" in any way. He's just a mathematician who's written popularization and opinion articles about sundry topics. He's become well known to the public mostly because he's an outspoken atheist who often criticizes the Catholic church (as well as other religions). Hence the chance of getting a reply from the pope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-84723811277889930072013-11-05T08:14:06.379-06:002013-11-05T08:14:06.379-06:00'Benedict, Pope emeritus' is the preferred...'Benedict, Pope emeritus' is the preferred designation. I don't think you can casually call him Pope the way an emeritus professor is still Prof.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com