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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, gamblers and mathematicians transformed the idea of chance from a mystery into the discipline of probability, setting the stage for a series of breakthroughs that enabled or transformed innumerable fields, from gambling, mathematics, statistics, economics, and finance to physics and computer science. This book tells the story of ten great ideas about chance and the thinkers who developed them, tracing the...
Author
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xii, 346 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"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...
