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Martin Hairer, an Uncommon card
Sir Martin Hairer KBE FRS is an Austrian-British mathematician and mathematical physicist working in the field of stochastic analysis, in particular stochastic partial differential equations.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 55
- Power
- 120
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 44,000
Power 120 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Martin Hairer quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Martin Hairer card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is Professor of ______ at EPFL and at Imperial College London.
Answer
Mathematics. He is Professor of Mathematics at EPFL and at Imperial College London. From the Martin Hairer article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____ he was awarded the Fields Medal, one of the highest honours a mathematician can achieve.
Answer
2010s. In 2014 he was awarded the Fields Medal, one of the highest honours a mathematician can achieve. From the Martin Hairer article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Macro. Macro 72 · Pushdown automaton 68 · Martin Hairer 65 · Big Hole 61 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 Professor of Mathematics at EPFL and at Imperial College London.
- He previously held appointments at the University of Warwick and the Courant Institute of New York University.
- In 2014 he was awarded the Fields Medal, one of the highest honours a mathematician can achieve.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Martin Hairer article was read about 44,000 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 55: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Martin Hairer
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Martin Hairer (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Royal Society uploader, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
