N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös (1993)
The story of a wandering mathematician obsessed with unsolved problems.
57 min
In an age when genius is a mere commodity, it is useful to look at a person who led a rich life without the traditional trappings of success. A man with no home and no job, Paul Erdös was the most prolific mathematician who ever lived. Born in Hungary in 1913, Erdös wrote and co-authored over 1,500 papers and pioneered several fields in theoretical mathematics. At the age of 83 he still spent most of his time on the road, going from math meeting to math meeting, continually working on problems. He died on September 20, 1996 while attending such a meeting in Warsaw, Poland.
- Release date
- May 13, 1993
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Mark Adler
Trailer
Cast
- Paul Erdös as Self
- Ronald Graham as Self
- Joel Spencer as Self
- J.W.S. Cassels as Self
- Marta Sved as Self
- Tibor Gallai as Self
- Béla Bollobas as Self
- Fan Chung as Self
- Melvyn Nathanson as Self
- Laszlo Lovasz as Self
Crew
- George Paul Csicsery · Director
- George Paul Csicsery · Producer
- Mark Adler · Composer
- John Knoop · Cinematographer
- George Paul Csicsery · Editor