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Liu Hui, a Common card
Liu Hui was a Chinese mathematician who published a commentary in 263 CE on Jiu Zhang Suan Shu.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 39
- Power
- 96
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 96 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Liu Hui quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Liu Hui card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In his other work, Haidao Suanjing, he wrote about geometrical problems and their ______ to surveying.
Answer
application. In his other work, Haidao Suanjing, he wrote about geometrical problems and their application to surveying. From the Liu Hui article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Modifiable areal unit problem. Modifiable areal unit problem 63 · Liu Hui 57 · Fuji Five Lakes 49 · Republic Plaza 46 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was a descendant of the Marquis of Zixiang of the Eastern Han dynasty and lived in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China.
- His major contributions as recorded in his commentary on The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art include a proof of the Pythagorean theorem, theorems in solid geometry, an improvement on Archimedes's approximation of π, and a systematic method of solving linear equations in several unknowns.
- In his other work, Haidao Suanjing, he wrote about geometrical problems and their application to surveying.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Liu Hui article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 39: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Liu Hui
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Liu Hui in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Dimitri from ParisCommon · Arts · ATK 56 DEF 40
- Fuji Five LakesCommon · Science · ATK 49 DEF 47
- Joann SfarCommon · Arts · ATK 63 DEF 33
- Majid SamiiCommon · Science · ATK 57 DEF 39
- Nikolai LuzinCommon · Science · ATK 62 DEF 34
- Republic PlazaCommon · Nature · ATK 46 DEF 50
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Liu Hui (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
