Riffle shuffles with biased cuts
The well-known Gilbert-Shannon-Reeds model for riffle shuffles assumes that the cards are initially cut `about in half' and then riffled together. We analyze a natural variant where the initial cut is biased. Extending results of Fulman (1998), we show a sharp cutoff in separation and L-infinit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science |
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| Online Access: | https://dmtcs.episciences.org/3053/pdf |
| Summary: | The well-known Gilbert-Shannon-Reeds model for riffle shuffles assumes that the cards are initially cut `about in half' and then riffled together. We analyze a natural variant where the initial cut is biased. Extending results of Fulman (1998), we show a sharp cutoff in separation and L-infinity distances. This analysis is possible due to the close connection between shuffling and quasisymmetric functions along with some complex analysis of a generating function. |
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| ISSN: | 1365-8050 |