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Mathematics and Magic Tricks

Speaker
Persi Diaconis (Stanford University)
Date
Wed November 30th 2011, 7:30pm
Location
Cubberley Auditorium

The way that a magic trick works can be just as amazing as the trick itself. I will illustrate with performance-level magic whose workings involve a look at combinatorics, number theory, and higher algebra. This talk is aimed at a broad public audience; no prior “mathemagical” knowledge required.

Persi Diaconis is the Mary V. Sunseri Professor of Statistics and Mathematics at Stanford University. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a member of both the National Academy of Science and the American Philosophical Society, he was also a professional magician.

You can find more information about speaker Persi Diaconis at https://statistics.stanford.edu/people/persi-diaconis