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L. E. J. Brouwer, an Uncommon card
Luitzen Egbertus Jan "Bertus" Brouwer was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 105
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 21,000
Power 105 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
L. E. J. Brouwer quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the L. E. J. Brouwer card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This position led to the Brouwer–Hilbert controversy, in which Brouwer sparred with his ______ colleague David Hilbert.
Answer
formalist. This position led to the Brouwer–Hilbert controversy, in which Brouwer sparred with his formalist colleague David Hilbert. From the L. E. J. Brouwer article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
L. E. J. Brouwer. L. E. J. Brouwer 65 · Interacting galaxy 62 · Denis Papin 59 · Irrigation sprinkler 56 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, he is known as one of the founders of modern topology, particularly for establishing his fixed-point theorem and the topological invariance of dimension.
- Brouwer also became a major figure in the philosophy of intuitionism, a constructivist school of mathematics which argues that mathematics is a cognitive construct rather than a type of objective truth.
- This position led to the Brouwer–Hilbert controversy, in which Brouwer sparred with his formalist colleague David Hilbert.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The L. E. J. Brouwer article was read about 21,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, L. E. J. Brouwer (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Johannes Meiner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.