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Wonderfest: Shuffling Math
Speaker: Mathematics behind perfect shuffles has a rich history from card tricks to research
*Tuesday February 21, 7:00 pm show
Upon opening a new deck of cards, have you ever attempted a so-called perfect shuffle? A perfect shuffle splits a deck into two equal stacks, and then perfectly interlaces the cards from the two stacks. (Eight successive perfect shuffles puts the cards back into their original, fresh-out-of-the-pack order!)
Only experienced card handlers can reliably perform even a single perfect shuffle, and yet the mathematics behind perfect shuffles has a rich history, including everything from mathematical card tricks to sophisticated research.
Our speaker is Dr. Cornelia Van Cott, Professor of Mathematics at the University of San Francisco. As a geometic toplogist, she studies knots, surfaces, and the interplay between 3- and 4-dimensional objects.
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Free Speaker Event
Phone: 415-892-6200
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Website: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Wonderfest-ShufflingMath/529208?afflky=Ho...
Additional time info:
Show: 7:00 pm
HopMonk Novato Session Room