Riffle shuffles of a deck with repeated cards
We study the Gilbert-Shannon-Reeds model for riffle shuffles and ask 'How many times must a deck of cards be shuffled for the deck to be in close to random order?'. In 1992, Bayer and Diaconis gave a solution which gives exact and asymptotic results for all decks of practical interest, e.g...
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Language: | English |
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Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
2009-01-01
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Series: | Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science |
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Online Access: | https://dmtcs.episciences.org/2733/pdf |