Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks

Enchanting Maths exposes the keys of fun-to-perform card techniques-- and the profound mathematical suggestions behind them-- that will surprise also one of the most achieved magician. Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham offer very easy, step-by-step guidelines for every method, discussing how to establish the impact and offering pointers on what to say and do while performing it. Each card method presents a new mathematical idea, and varying the techniques subsequently takes viewers to the extremely limit of today's mathematical knowledge.Diaconis and Graham inform the tales-- and expose the most effective techniques-- of the eccentric and fantastic inventors of mathematical magic. Guide exposes old betting keys via the math of evasion cards, explains the traditional street-gambling rip-off of three-card Monte, traces the background of mathematical magic back to the oldest mathematical method-- and far more.