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Persi Diaconis | |
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 Diaconis in 2010 | |
| Born | January 31, 1945 New York City, US |
| Education | City College of New York (BS) Harvard University (MA, PhD) |
| Known for | Freedman–Diaconis rule |
| Spouse | Susan Holmes |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematical statistics |
| Institutions | Harvard University Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | Dennis Arnold Hejhal Frederick Mosteller[1] |
| Doctoral students | |
Persi Warren Diaconis (/ˌdaɪəˈkoʊnɪs/; born January 31, 1945) is an American mathematician of Greek descent and former professional magician.[2][3] He is the Mary V. Sunseri Professor of Statistics and Mathematics at Stanford University.[4][5]
He is particularly known for tackling mathematical problems involving randomness and randomization, such as coin flipping and shuffling playing cards.
- ^ Persi Diaconis at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Hoffman, J. (2011). "Q&A: The mathemagician". Nature. 478 (7370): 457. Bibcode:2011Natur.478..457H. doi:10.1038/478457a.
- ^ Diaconis, Persi; Graham, Ron (2011), Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas that Animate Great Magic Tricks, Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-15164-4
- ^ "Stanford University - Persi Diaconis". Retrieved 2011-10-27.
- ^ "It's no coincidence: Stanford University mathematician and statistician Persi Diaconis will serve as a Patten Lecturer at Indiana University Bloomington". Archived from the original on 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
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