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N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős (1993) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1993 · 57 mins · English
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- Directed by
- George Paul Csicsery
- Starring
- Paul Erdös
The film follows Paul Erdős, the itinerant Hungarian mathematician who lived without a home or steady job yet became the most prolific mathematician ever. Born in 1913, he authored or co‑authored over 1,500 papers, pioneering fields in theoretical mathematics. Even at 83, he roamed from conference to conference, tackling unsolved problems until his death at a meeting in Warsaw in 1996.
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