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Thursday, October 24, 2013
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Annenberg 105

Applied Mathematics Colloquium **SPECIAL DAY/TIME**

Shuffling Cards and Adding Numbers
Persi Diaconis, Mary V. Sunseri Professor of Statistics and Mathematics, Stanford University,

There is a surprising connection between the mathematics of shuffling cards (usual riffle shuffles) and the mathematics of 'carries' when numbers are added in the usual way. The connection helps in both directions and even suggests a new way of adding.

For more information, please contact Sydney Garstang by phone at x4555 or by email at [email protected].