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Squaring the circle, an Uncommon card
Squaring the circle is a problem in geometry first proposed in Greek mathematics.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 100,000
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is the challenge of constructing a square with the area of a given circle by using only a finite number of steps with a compass and straightedge.
- The difficulty of the problem raised the question of whether specified axioms of Euclidean geometry concerning the existence of lines and circles implied the existence of such a square.
- In 1882, the task was proven to be impossible, as a consequence of the Lindemann–Weierstrass theorem, which proves that pi is a transcendental number.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Squaring the circle article was read about 100,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Squaring the circle
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Squaring the circle (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : 蔡蜜, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.



