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Persi Diaconis

Persi Warren Diaconis is an American mathematician of Greek descent and former professional magician. --Wikipedia

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Born 31 January 1945

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  • Cover of: Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas that Animate Great Magic Tricks

    First published in 2011 — 4 editions
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    First published in 2017 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1995 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Ecole d'Ete de Probabilites de Saint-Flour XV-XVII, 1985-87

    First published in 1989 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Geometric Theory of Markov Chains

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    First published in 1988 — 1 edition
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Born 31 January 1945

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Mathematics, Probabilities, History, Approximation theory, Authors, american, Authors, biography, Biography, Birth and death processes (Stochastic processes), Bootstrap (Statistics), Card tricks, Chance, Combinatorial analysis, Distribution (Probability theory), Fourier analysis, Group theory, Journalists, Journalists, biography, Journalists, united states, Limit theorems (Probability theory), MATHEMATICS / General, MATHEMATICS / Recreations & Games, Magicians, Markov processes, Mathematical models, Mathematical recreations

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Charles Stein (1929-), Martin Gardner (1914-2010)

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Alternative names

  • Persi W. Diaconis
  • Persi Warren Diaconis

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January 25, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
January 25, 2023 Edited by Stew Add bio, dates, pic, id #s.
January 25, 2023 Edited by Stew Added new photo
August 22, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import