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S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, an Uncommon card
Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan, is an Indian American mathematician and statistician.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 38
- Power
- 99
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 26,000
Power 99 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is known for his ______ contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviations.
Answer
fundamental. He is known for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviations. From the S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In the year ____, he won the Abel Prize.
Answer
2000s. In the year 2007, he won the Abel Prize. From the S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Édith Cresson. Édith Cresson 65 · S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan 61 · Battle of Manila 58 · Jōmon pottery 52 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is known for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviations.
- He is regarded as one of the fundamental contributors to the theory of diffusion processes with an orientation towards the refinement and further development of Itô’s stochastic calculus.
- In the year 2007, he won the Abel Prize.
Why it is Uncommon
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Text : Wikipedia, S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Markus Pössel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
