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Solomon W. Golomb, a Common card
Solomon Wolf Golomb was an American mathematician, engineer, and professor of electrical engineering at the University of Southern California, best known for his works on mathematical games.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 29
- Power
- 85
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 10,000
Power 85 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Solomon W. Golomb quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Solomon W. Golomb card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He most notably ______ Cheskers in 1948.
Answer
invented. He most notably invented Cheskers in 1948. From the Solomon W. Golomb article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He also fully described polyominoes in ____.
Answer
1950s. He also fully described polyominoes in 1953. From the Solomon W. Golomb article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of zones of Nepal. List of zones of Nepal 63 · Government Junta of Chile 59 · Solomon W. Golomb 56 · Walter Rudolf Hess 52 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He most notably invented Cheskers in 1948.
- He also fully described polyominoes in 1953.
- He specialized in problems of combinatorial analysis, number theory, coding theory, and communications.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Solomon W. Golomb article was read about 10,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 56 and blocks with 29: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Solomon W. Golomb (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : National Science Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
