Cutoff Phenomenon: Surprising Behaviour in Card Shuffling and other Markov Chains

dc.contributor.author	Baraquin, Isabelle
dc.contributor.author	Lafrenière, Nadia
dc.contributor.author	Schuh, Katharina
dc.contributor.editor	Geldhauser, Carina
dc.contributor.editor	Singh, Anup Anand
dc.contributor.editor	Randecker, Anja
dc.date.accessioned	2023-12-21T14:34:18Z
dc.date.available	2023-12-21T14:34:18Z
dc.date.issued	2023-12-21
dc.identifier.uri	http://publications.mfo.de/handle/mfo/4094
dc.description.abstract	This snapshot compares two techniques of shuffling a deck of cards, asking how long it will take to shuffle the cards until a “well-mixed deck” is obtained. Surprisingly, the number of shuffles can be very different for very similar looking shuffling techniques.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	[Also available in German]
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Snapshots of modern mathematics from Oberwolfach;2023-05
dc.relation.hasversion	10.14760/SNAP-2023-005-DE
dc.rights	Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/	*
dc.title	Cutoff Phenomenon: Surprising Behaviour in Card Shuffling and other Markov Chains	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	10.14760/SNAP-2023-005-EN
local.series.id	SNAP-2023-005-EN	en_US
local.subject.snapshot	Probability Theory and Statistics	en_US
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024031812102522232877
dc.identifier.ppn	1876848715

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