Persi Diaconis
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Persi Diaconis is an American mathematician and former professional magician renowned for his work on probability, randomness, and the mathematics of card shuffling and magic tricks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Persi Diaconis canonical | 3 |
| Persi Warren Diaconis | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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magician ⓘ mathematician ⓘ probabilist ⓘ |
| almaMater | Harvard University ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Leroy P. Steele Prize
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surface form:
Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ Rollo Davidson Prize ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1945-01-31 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Fred Mosteller ⓘ |
| educatedBy |
Solomon Kullback
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surface form:
Fred Mosteller
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| employer | Stanford University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
combinatorics
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mathematics of card shuffling ⓘ mathematics of magic tricks ⓘ mathematics of randomness ⓘ probability theory ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudent |
Jason Fulman
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Susan Holmes ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
applications of probability to card games
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coin tossing ⓘ mathematics of illusions ⓘ random number generation ⓘ randomness in everyday life ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of card shuffling
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applications of group theory to probability ⓘ mathematical analysis of magic tricks ⓘ research on Markov chains ⓘ work on randomness ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name |
Persi Diaconis
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Persi Warren Diaconis
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| notableConcept | seven shuffles to randomize a deck of cards ⓘ |
| notableWork |
mathematical analysis of riffle shuffles
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research on mixing times of Markov chains ⓘ theory of random walks on groups ⓘ work on Bayesian statistics ⓘ |
| occupation |
magician
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mathematician ⓘ statistician ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| performedAs | professional magician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | Susan Holmes ⓘ |
| workInstitution |
Stanford University Department of Mathematics
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Stanford University Department of Statistics ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Persi Warren Diaconis