By Harris, C., Peter, 
Title: The Mathematics of Card Shuffling, senior thesis
Middlebury College, 1992.

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Request for Question Clarification by googleexpert-ga on 13 Oct 2004 17:22 PDT

Hi rndgroup-ga,
Did you get in touch with the Math department at Middlebury College?

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Clarification of Question by rndgroup-ga on 14 Oct 2004 02:15 PDT

No I haven't
If anyone can give me a hand would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Hi rndgroup-ga,

It appears to me that an online copy of the paper you've mentioned is
going to be extremely difficult. Contacting the Library or the
Mathematics Department at Middlebury College seems to be your only
option. Please refer to the following links:

The Senior Thesis in Mathematics
Bound copies of all theses are retained in a collection of the
Middlebury College Library.
http://web.middlebury.edu/depts/math/courses/thesis.htm 

Ask A Librarian
https://cat.middlebury.edu/forms/lis/lib/ask_a_librarian.html


Here is the contact information you may need to go about finding the above paper:

Middlebury College Main Telephone: 802-443-5000
email: midd@middlebury.edu

Department of Mathematics Telephone: 802-443-5565
email: math@middlebury.edu

Library Telephone: 802-443-5496
email: https://cat.middlebury.edu/forms/lis/lib/ask_a_librarian.html

Unfortunately, I am based in India and am unable to call the above
numbers due to time-zone and long-distance call charges restrictions.
I hope the above information will suffice in your quest for the paper.
If you need any other assistance from my side, please comment back.

Thanks and regards,

bestsearcher-ga

Hi again,

I was able to find this thesis on a similar topic which uses "The
Mathematics of Card Shuffling", by Peter Harris as one of its
references:


HOW MANY TIMES SHOULD YOU SHUFFLE A DECK OF CARDS?
Brad Mann, Department of Mathematics, Harvard University
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/teaching_aids/books_articles/Mann.pdf


I wonder if this might be of some use to you.

Regards,

bestsearcher-ga

The thesis by Peter Harris is probably good reading.
However, since it is hard to obtain, you might want to check out the
book Magic Tricks, Card Shuffling and Dynamic Computer Memories by S.
Brent Morris

Description Page:
http://www.maa.org/pubs/books/cards.html