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Uncommon card · Science
Random walk, an Uncommon card
In mathematics, a random walk is a stochastic process that describes a path that consists of a succession of random steps on some mathematical space.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 149
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 160,000
Power 149 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Random walk quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Random walk card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Nuclear weapons testing. Nuclear weapons testing 81 · Random walk 78 · Dewey Decimal Classification 74 · Copper(II) sulfate 69 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Dewey Decimal Classification. Dewey Decimal Classification 400,000 · Sodium chloride 320,000 · Median 250,000 · Random walk 160,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- An elementary example of a random walk is one on the integer number line Z which starts at 0, and at each step moves +1 or −1 with equal probability.
- Other examples include the path traced by a molecule as it travels in a liquid or a gas, the search path of a foraging animal, or the price of a fluctuating stock and the financial status of a gambler.
- Random walks have applications to engineering and many scientific fields including ecology, psychology, computer science, physics, chemistry, biology, economics, and sociology.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Random walk article was read about 160,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Random walk
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Random walk in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Jody ScheckterUncommon · Society · ATK 79 DEF 70
- Navi MumbaiUncommon · Society · ATK 77 DEF 72
- Rahul BoseUncommon · Arts · ATK 75 DEF 74
- SteakUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 78
- AjaccioUncommon · Society · ATK 81 DEF 68
- Anti-aircraft warfareUncommon · History · ATK 85 DEF 64
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Science cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Random walk (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : User:Jgn1055, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
