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title: Bacon Number
date: "2001-07-01T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1765
description: I trace connections between Bollywood stars and Kevin Bacon using the Oracle of Bacon. Similar to the Erdos number, this concept applies to consulting; I found I have a Bruce Henderson number of 3.
keywords: [bacon number, erdos number, bcg, bruce henderson, graph theory, oracle of bacon, six degrees of separation]
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The University of Virginia computes the [Bacon Number](http://www.cs.virginia.edu/oracle/) for any actor, similar to the [Erdos number](http://www.oakland.edu/~grossman/erdoshp.html) in mathematics. We trace the acting links of [Shahrukh Khan](http://oracleofbacon.org/cgi-bin/oracle/movielinks?firstname=Bacon%2c+Kevin&game=1&secondname=Khan%2c+Shahrukh&using=1), [Amitabh Bachchan](http://oracleofbacon.org/cgi-bin/oracle/movielinks?firstname=Bacon%2C+Kevin&game=1&secondname=Amitabh+Bachchan), and even [Prabhu Deva](http://oracleofbacon.org/cgi-bin/oracle/movielinks?firstname=Bacon%2C+Kevin&game=1&secondname=Prabhu+Deva) to Kevin Bacon. (BCG did the same for consultants who have worked together, and it turns out that I have a [Bruce Henderson](http://www.bcg.com/this_is_bcg/bcg_history.asp) number of 3.)