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The Australian shuffle and two self-working card tricks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2025

Anita A. Gaenko,
Michael A. Jones,
Vaneesha Natogi,
Alex Swanson,
Anirudh S. Venkat and
Khoi M. Vu
Anita A. Gaenko
Affiliation:
Ann Arbor Math Olympiad Club Ann Arbor, MI 48103 USA
Michael A. Jones
Affiliation:
Mathematical Reviews Ann Arbor, MI 48103 USA e-mail: maj@ams.org
Vaneesha Natogi
Affiliation:
Ann Arbor Math Olympiad Club Ann Arbor, MI 48103 USA
Alex Swanson
Affiliation:
Ann Arbor Math Olympiad Club Ann Arbor, MI 48103 USA
Anirudh S. Venkat
Affiliation:
Ann Arbor Math Olympiad Club Ann Arbor, MI 48103 USA
Khoi M. Vu
Affiliation:
Ann Arbor Math Olympiad Club Ann Arbor, MI 48103 USA

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Self-working card tricks have been a staple for budding magicians and entire books have been written about them, e.g. Fulves [1]. Lately selfworking card tricks have become common fodder for social media. In this note, we generalise two such card tricks (from [2] and [3]) that are based on the Australian shuffle.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 109 , Issue 575 , July 2025, pp. 303 - 307
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© The Authors, 2025 Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mathematical Association

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