The mixing time of the Thorp shuffle

dc.creatorMorris, Ben
dc.date2005-07-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:21:43Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:21:43Z
dc.descriptionThe Thorp shuffle is defined as follows. Cut the deck into two equal piles. Drop the first card from the left pile or the right pile according to the outcome of a fair coin flip; then drop from the other pile. Continue this way until both piles are empty. We show that the mixing time for the Thorp shuffle with $2^d$ cards is polynomial in $d$.
dc.description21 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0507307
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0507307
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/75792
dc.subjectProbability
dc.subject60J10
dc.titleThe mixing time of the Thorp shuffle
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