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Avi Wigderson, an Uncommon card
Avi Wigderson is an Israeli computer scientist and mathematician.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 59
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 99
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 28,000
Power 99 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Avi Wigderson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Avi Wigderson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Wigderson received the Abel Prize in 2021 for his work in ______ computer science.
Answer
theoretical. Wigderson received the Abel Prize in 2021 for his work in theoretical computer science. From the Avi Wigderson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cantor's theorem. Cantor's theorem 66 · Cyclonic separation 62 · Avi Wigderson 59 · Pioneer program 55 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is the Herbert H. Maass Professor in the school of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America.
- His research interests include complexity theory, parallel algorithms, graph theory, cryptography, and distributed computing.
- Wigderson received the Abel Prize in 2021 for his work in theoretical computer science.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Avi Wigderson article was read about 28,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 59 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Avi Wigderson
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Avi Wigderson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ednawig, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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