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Gregory Chaitin, an Uncommon card
Gregory John Chaitin is an Argentine-American mathematician and computer scientist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 59
- DEF
- 25
- Power
- 84
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 84 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Gregory Chaitin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gregory Chaitin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His work was foundational to the development of ______ information theory, and has been influential on metamathematics.
Answer
algorithmic. His work was foundational to the development of algorithmic information theory, and has been influential on metamathematics. From the Gregory Chaitin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gregory Chaitin. Gregory Chaitin 59 · Snake detection theory 56 · Mohammad Shaheenul Haque 53 · Artur Fischer 50 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.
- His work was foundational to the development of algorithmic information theory, and has been influential on metamathematics.
- He independently discovered what is today known as algorithmic complexity simultaneously with Andrei Kolmogorov and Ray Solomonoff.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gregory Chaitin article was read about 15,000 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 25: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Gregory Chaitin
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The cards just above and just below Gregory Chaitin in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Alexander MorozevichCommon · Society · ATK 57 DEF 27
- Béla MiklósCommon · History · ATK 60 DEF 24
- Elizabeth BarryCommon · Arts · ATK 61 DEF 23
- Mohammad Shaheenul HaqueUncommon · History · ATK 53 DEF 31
- Perdiccas I of MacedonCommon · History · ATK 49 DEF 35
- Portative organCommon · Arts · ATK 51 DEF 33
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gregory Chaitin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : LeibnizOmega, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
