Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
5-31-2019
Abstract
If we view a given shuffle of a deck of cards as a permutation, then repeatedly applying this same shuffle will eventually return the deck to its original order. In general, how many steps will that take? What happens in the case of so-called perfect shuffles? What type of shuffle will require the greatest number of applications before restoring the original deck? This talk will address those questions and provide a brief history of the work of Edmund Landau on the maximal order of a permutation in the symmetric group on n objects. It will also note some recent progress in refining his results
Recommended Citation
Beasley, Brian D., "From Perfect Shuffles to Landau's Function" (2019). ACMS Conference Proceedings 2019. 2.
https://pillars.taylor.edu/acms-2019/2
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