Has Your Shuffled Deck Ever Existed Before?
In short: A magician turned mathematician frames shuffling as mathematics in unverified recordings, and the film says plainly that they don't answer whether a shuffled order is new.
A 1:17 short film in the series “From Fingers to Qubits”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: YouTube video (uploader not identified; auto-transcribed interview with Persi Diaconis, low reliability), “Persi Diaconis explains Randomness”; YouTube upload by an unidentified uploader (auto-transcribed recording of Persi Diaconis's lecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians, 1998), “Persi Diaconis - From Shuffling Cards to Walking Around the Building [ICM 1998]”.
Sources used in this film
- YouTube video (uploader not identified; auto-transcribed interview with Persi Diaconis, low reliability) — Persi Diaconis explains Randomness · View →
- YouTube upload by an unidentified uploader (auto-transcribed recording of Persi Diaconis's lecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians, 1998) — Persi Diaconis - From Shuffling Cards to Walking Around the Building [ICM 1998] · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: YouTube video (uploader not identified; auto-transcribed interview with Persi Diaconis, low reliability): Persi Diaconis explains Randomness
- Also: YouTube upload by an unidentified uploader (auto-transcribed recording of Persi Diaconis's lecture at the International : Persi Diaconis - From Shuffling Cards to Walking Around the Building [ICM 1998]
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