How Many Times You Have to Shuffle Cards To Thoroughly Mix Them Up

In this video, produced by the very talented Brady Haran over at Numberphile, which you can subscribe to here, Dr. Persi Diaconis answers the question of how many times you have to shuffle a deck of cards to thoroughly mix them up, as well as demonstrating the best and worst ways to shuffle.  If you like this video, please join us in supporting Numberphile on Patreon here.

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