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The Amateur at the Kitchen Table

A celebration of amateur magicians.

The Kruskal-Dynkin Count

Introduction In this write-up, I’m going to talk about the Kruskal-Dynkin count, a card trick based on mathematics. I’ll give a heurisitic argument for why the trick works, and then present some experimental data about how the trick changes as the values of the cards change.

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