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    Rodrigo De Castro

  2. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University, 48309-4485, Rochester, Ml, USA

    Jerrold W. Grossman

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De Castro, R., Grossman, J.W. Famous trails to Paul Erdős. The Mathematical Intelligencer 21, 51–53 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03025416

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