<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:40:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/erdos/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[On the topic of "proofs".]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paul Erdos believed that there is a book wherein god keeps the most elegant proof of every mathematical theorem. He used to say "It is not necessary to believe in god, but it is necessary to believe]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mathematics/@zafrada/on-the-topic-of-proofs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mathematics/@zafrada/on-the-topic-of-proofs</guid><category><![CDATA[mathematics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zafrada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:38:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbks2vRxvf3xsYr6qQ7dm31DuBHGui8pKMdEVPxhLfEeEoVMPfUw5KTDdNMg7B3gn3smyMgUZ8oAc6pjdyp2Pr8E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paul Erdos: The Man Who Did Math While He was High]]></title><description><![CDATA[Straight out of Paul Hoffman's biography of Paul Erdös: Erdös first did mathematics at the age of three, but for the last twenty-five years of his life, since the death of this mother, he put in nineteen-hour]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@omarf/paul-erdos-the-man-who-was-did-math-while-he-was-high</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@omarf/paul-erdos-the-man-who-was-did-math-while-he-was-high</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[omarf]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2017 13:12:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYcXyVpkzxSeS9Ym3C9TCesF7xVDSBBBTKPD3F8qAkoz4ymDccX3aAfTU2o4sfVAzr8LGbJHi7x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The title of this post is a classic Paul Erdos quote. He's my favorite mathematician of all time. Erdos was high on amphetamines and drank way too much coffee. Despite leading such an unhealthy lifestyle,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@omarf/television-is-something-the-russians-invented-to-destroy-american-education</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@omarf/television-is-something-the-russians-invented-to-destroy-american-education</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[omarf]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:07:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ66TmQqaHKeWvcF9BUN1uGVFJos7uMpJ3ZzueYBbjGXhGsg1ejXziab1rzjXJ4RABe4LZ3XTWW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Erdos Concrete Primes]]></title><description><![CDATA[“When I was ten, my father told me about Euclid's proof [of the infinitude of primes], and I was hooked.” -Paul Erdos “My brain is open.” -Paul Erdos Paul Erdos was a Hungarian mathematician who lived]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/math/@zevi35711/erdos-concrete-primes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/math/@zevi35711/erdos-concrete-primes</guid><category><![CDATA[math]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zevi35711]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 12:28:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs78FNFP6pMpnL5tWt9geiwTttqQJeSwxh1BMVhCnZw78eTfXZykGvLE65tyifePsRZHjXcH1RW1RKe9zm9vtestDiK88CNJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>