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The Maths & Computing Magic Show. Peter McOwan Queen Mary, University of London. Tonight. Maths, Computing & Astonishment & classics of magic! The magician’s code! ‘secret’ + performance Principles to create your own.
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The Maths & Computing Magic Show Peter McOwan Queen Mary, University of London
Tonight.... Maths, Computing & • Astonishment & classics of magic! • The magician’s code! • ‘secret’ + performance • Principles to create your own
Torn and restored card trickMind control...you will all think of the same card!
More Shuffling…
Your card has been torn….
Here is how...The princess card trick Trick dates back to 1905 and is credited to American magician Henry Hardin
Masker Masked Sounds Mp3 coding for music
The Piano Trick • Algorithm and user interface • Secret 7+1 =8 • Simple algorithm hidden in Misdirection!
The perfect shuffle Brett Morris – PhD computer memory patent
R0 R2 R1 B0 B2 B1 Algebra- Lets call them...
R0+R1+R2(26 reds) B0+B1+B2(26 blks) R0 R2 R1 B0 B2 B1 R0 = R1+B1 B0 = R2+B2 (R1+B1)+R1+R2=(R2+B2)+B1+B2 2R1+B1+R2=R2+B1+2B2 R1=B2
Classic of magic… Cutting a person in 0.5 First Public sawing-P T Selbit 1921 (Stage name of Percy Thomas Tibbles )Finsbury Park
Research Questions…. • How big a change can we make for it to still be ‘invisible’ to the audience? • Does it work in 2D? Apply Artificial Intelligence to solve the problem….
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