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Oswald Veblen, a Common card
Oswald Veblen was an American mathematician, geometer and topologist, whose work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 38
- Power
- 98
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 98 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He proved the Jordan curve theorem in 1905, while this was long considered the first rigorous proof of the theorem, many now also consider Camille Jordan's original proof rigorous.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Oswald Veblen 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 60 and blocks with 38: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Oswald Veblen
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Oswald Veblen (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : unknown photographer circa 1915, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
