LEADER 04252nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910457051003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-25604-5 010 $a9786613256041 010 $a1-4008-3938-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400839384 035 $a(CKB)2550000000046139 035 $a(EBL)768537 035 $a(OCoLC)757399673 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000538802 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11369738 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538802 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10560442 035 $a(PQKB)11704113 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC768537 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00023781 035 $a(DE-B1597)453781 035 $a(OCoLC)979742223 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400839384 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL768537 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10496633 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL325604 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000046139 100 $a20110520d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMagical mathematics$b[electronic resource] $ethe mathematical ideas that animate great magic tricks /$fPersi Diaconis and Ron Graham ; with a foreword by Martin Gardner 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (259 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-16977-2 311 $a0-691-15164-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tCONTENTS --$tForeword --$tPreface --$tChapter 1. Mathematics in the Air --$tChapter 2. In cycles --$tChapter 3. Is This Stuff Actually Good for Anything? --$tChapter 4. Universal Cycles --$tChapter 5. From the Gilbreath Principle to the Mandelbrot Set --$tChapter 6. Neat Shuffles --$tChapter 7. The Oldest Mathematical Entertainment? --$tChapter 8. Magic in the Book of Changes --$tChapter 9. What Goes Up Must Come Down --$tChapter 10. Stars of Mathematical Magic (And some of the best tricks in the book) --$tChapter 11. Going Further --$tChapter 12. On Secrets --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $a"Magical Mathematics reveals the secrets of amazing, fun-to-perform card tricks--and the profound mathematical ideas behind them--that will astound even the most accomplished magician. Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham provide easy, step-by-step instructions for each trick, explaining how to set up the effect and offering tips on what to say and do while performing it. Each card trick introduces a new mathematical idea, and varying the tricks in turn takes readers to the very threshold of today's mathematical knowledge. For example, the Gilbreath principle--a fantastic effect where the cards remain in control despite being shuffled--is found to share an intimate connection with the Mandelbrot set. Other card tricks link to the mathematical secrets of combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, topology, the Riemann hypothesis, and even Fermat's last theorem. Diaconis and Graham are mathematicians as well as skilled performers with decades of professional experience between them. In this book they share a wealth of conjuring lore, including some closely guarded secrets of legendary magicians. Magical Mathematics covers the mathematics of juggling and shows how the I Ching connects to the history of probability and magic tricks both old and new. It tells the stories--and reveals the best tricks--of the eccentric and brilliant inventors of mathematical magic. Magical Mathematics exposes old gambling secrets through the mathematics of shuffling cards, explains the classic street-gambling scam of three-card monte, traces the history of mathematical magic back to the thirteenth century and the oldest mathematical trick--and much more"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aCard tricks$xMathematics 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCard tricks$xMathematics. 676 $a793.8/5 686 $aSN 300$2rvk 700 $aDiaconis$b Persi$0288238 701 $aGraham$b Ron$f1950-$01028745 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457051003321 996 $aMagical mathematics$92444839 997 $aUNINA