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Any five points in the plane contain a convex quadrilateral according to this person’s so-called “happy ending problem.” The Green-Tao (15[1])theorem proves a specific case of a conjecture named after this person, (-5[1])which states that any substantial set has arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions. This person is the alphabetically first namesake of a model used to generate random graphs given (15[1])a fixed (15[1])number (15[1])of nodes and edges. Along with George (*) Szekeres (“SEK-eh-resh”), this man proved the first upper bound for Ramsey numbers. This man popularized a technique which proves the existence of objects by showing the chance of choosing them randomly is nonzero called the probabilistic method. For 10 points, name this eccentric Hungarian mathematician (10[1])whose namesake “number” quantifies distance from him via coauthorship of papers. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Paul Erdős (“AIR-dish”) [or Erdős Pál; accept Erdős number; accept the Erdős–Rényi model]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Leo TaoClown SquadWashU1915
Coby TranThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five DaysBHSU ReFantazio31-5
Adam FineThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Northeast by Northwestern5815
Dan Nihawk two ofMusic to Help You Stop Smoking6015
Max BrodskyWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?Notre Dame6115
Todd MaslykClown SenpaisBHSU Rebirth11210
Dylan MinarikBHSU ReFantazioThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days12410

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