Mathematics and Magic Tricks

Speaker


Persi Diaconis (Stanford University)
Date
Wed November 30th 2011, 7:30pm
Event Sponsor
MRC
Location
Cubberley Auditorium, 485 Lasuen Mall Stanford CA, 94305
MRC Event Series

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. 

You can learn more about Professor Persi Diaconis at https://statweb.stanford.edu/~cgates/PERSI/index.html