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The Mathematics of Shuffling Cards by Persi Diaconis
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- ISBN
- 9781470463038
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Mathematics of Shuffling Cards
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- General
- Number of Pages
- 346 Pages
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This book gives a lively development of the mathematics needed to answer the question, ''How many times should a deck of cards be shuffled to mix it up?'' The shuffles studied are the usual ones that real people use: riffle, overhand, and smooshing cards around on the table. The mathematics ranges from probability (Markov chains) to combinatorics (symmetric function theory) to algebra (Hopf algebras). There are applications to magic tricks and gambling along with a careful comparison of the mathematics to the results of real people shuffling real cards. The book explores links between shuffling and higher mathematics--Lie theory, algebraic topology, the geometry of hyperplane arrangements, stochastic calculus, number theory, and more. It offers a useful springboard for seeing how probability theory is applied and leads to many corners of advanced mathematics. The book can serve as a text for an upper division course in mathematics, statistics, or computer science departments and will be appreciated by graduate students and researchers in mathematics, statistics, and computer science, as well as magicians and people with a strong background in mathematics who are interested in games that use playing cards.
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Publisher
American Mathematical Society
ISBN-10
1470463032
ISBN-13
9781470463038
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27059218646
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mathematics of Shuffling Cards
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
346 Pages
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gv1243.D5 2023
Table of Content
Shuffling cards: An introduction; Practice and history of shuffling cards; Convergence rates for riffle shuffles; Features; Eigenvectors and Hopf algebras; Shuffling and carries; Different models for riffle shuffling; Move to front shuffling and variations; Shuffling and geometry; Shuffling and algebraic topology; Type B shuffles and shelf shuffling machines; Descent algebras, $P$-partitions, and quasisymmetric functions; Overhand shuffling; ''Smoosh'' shuffle; How to shuffle perfectly (randomly); Applications to magic tricks, traffic merging, and statistics; Shuffling and multiple zeta values; Bibliography; Index.
Dewey Decimal
795.40151
Dewey Edition
23
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