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George Dantzig, a Rare card
George Bernard Dantzig was an American mathematical scientist who made contributions to industrial engineering, operations research, computer science, economics, and statistics.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 47
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 240,000
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
George Dantzig quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Dantzig card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Military organization. Military organization 73 · George Dantzig 68 · Priyanka Gandhi 65 · RNLB Manchester Unity of Oddfellows 62 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Shannon M. Kent. Shannon M. Kent 690,000 · Priyanka Gandhi 410,000 · George Dantzig 240,000 · RNLB Manchester Unity of Oddfellows 450 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Dantzig is known for his development of the simplex algorithm, an algorithm for solving linear programming problems, and for his other work with linear programming.
- In statistics, Dantzig solved two open problems in statistical theory, which he had mistaken for homework after arriving late to a lecture by Polish mathematician-statistician Jerzy Neyman.
- At his death, Dantzig was professor emeritus of transportation sciences and professor of operations research and of computer science at Stanford University.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The George Dantzig article was read about 240,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 47: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get George Dantzig
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, George Dantzig (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
